NCC, FIRS set up committee to boost national revenue in telecoms sector

13 May NCC, FIRS set up committee to boost national revenue in telecoms sector

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have inaugurated a joint committee for the enhancement of the country’s revenues in the telecommunications sector.

The committee comprises senior and management staff of the two agencies towards the implementation of inter-agency goals.

Ikechukwu Adinde, director, public affairs, NCC, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

Adeleke Adewolu, NCC’s executive commissioner, stakeholder management, inaugurated the 17-member committee on behalf of Umar Danbatta, executive vice-chairman and Muhammad Nami, executive chairman, FIRS, NCC’s board room in Abuja.

The committee comprises six NCC officials and eleven officials of FIRS.

Nami was represented by Dick Irri, coordinating director for the compliance support group.

While inaugurating, Adewolu said the terms of reference (ToR) of the Committee include: review the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the NCC and the FIRS on June 9, 2020; and carry out inter-agency interaction on the implementation of the NCC’s Revenue Assurance System (RAS), to ensure that it incorporates the needs of FIRS to the extent that RAS can remain the sole interface with telecom service providers’ networks vis-à-vis the tax authority’s information needs from the telecoms sector.

“Given the Committee’s composition and with the extensive experience and commitment of its members which had informed their selection by the agencies. The management of NCC and the FIRS expect no less than an excellent output from the Committee, to work together harmoniously and in the overall national interest,” Adewolu said.