JUST IN: Kano Governor Sacks 8 IRS Directors, Full List Emerges

• The Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) has announced the sack of eight directors from their positions
• The KIRS ordered the directors to immediately hand over all duties and responsibilities to their deputies
• The KIRS chairman, Sani Abdulkadir Dambo, communicated their removal in a circular

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Kano, Kano state - Eight directors of the Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) have been relieved of their positions.

As reported by The Nation on Saturday, January 20, although their collective or individual offences (if any) were not stated, the state government noted that the development was an ongoing effort towards achieving the desired objectives of the Abba Kabir Yusuf administration.

Kano: 8 IRS directors lose jobs

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The development is coming just a week after the Supreme Court affirmed Yusuf as the duly elected governor of Kano state.

The sacked directors include the director of assessment, Muhammad Kabir Umar; director of human resources, Kabiru Magaji; director of government business, Ibrahim Sammani; Aminu Umar Kawu, director of road and other taxes, and Muhammad Auwal Abdullahi, director of tax audit, investigation and debt management.

Others affected are Abubakar Garba Yusuf, director of ICT; Hamisu Ado Magaji, director of PAYE; and Bashir Yusuf Madobi, director of legal and enforcement.

Governor Yusuf, who approved their sack, directed the affected persons to hand over all duties and responsibilities to their deputies, Daily Trust noted.

Sani Abdulkadir Dambo, the chairman of the Kano Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), communicated the removal of the eight IGR directors in a circular.

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The Kano government official said:

“As part of the ongoing efforts towards achieving the desired objectives of the present government, I am directed to inform you that the undermentioned directors have been relieved of their responsibilities and are to hand over to their deputies immediately.”

List of affected IRS directors below:

1. Muhammad Kabir Umar, director of assessment
2. Kabiru Magaji, director of government business
3. Ibrahim Sammani, director of government business
4. Aminu Umar Kawu, director of road and other taxes
5. Muhammad Auwal Abdullahi, director of tax audit, investigation and debt management
6. Abubakar Garba Yusuf, director, ICT
7. Hamisu Ado Magaji, director of PAYE
8. Bashir Yusuf Madobi, director of legal and enforcement

Yusuf sacks 3,000+ ‘illegal’ staff in Kano

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Governor Yusuf sacked 3,234 staff found wanting of not being eligible to be employed in the civil service.

The secretary to the state government (SSG), Abdullahi Baffa Bichi, said the sack followed the government’s decision to implement the report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate past administration.

Source: Legit.ng