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RMAFC Chairman Lauds Outgoing Federal Commissioners

As members call for financial autonomy.

by Mark Itsibor
1 year ago
in Business
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The Chairman of Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission,  (RMAFC), Muhammed Bello Shehu, has commended the outgoing members for their patriotism and commitment to nation-building through their effort to ensure that the commission is brought to a world class standard.

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Shehu stated this during the valedictory plenary organised in honour of the twenty outgoing members of the commission whose tenure expired yesterday, according to a statement by the head, Information, and Public Relations, Maryam Umar Yusuf.

He said, “It has been our wish to reposition this Commission to become a worldclass Revenue Mobilisation Commission since we came here, we are still working in progress,  we have tried, we are trying and we will continue to try”.

The chairman recalled the extraordinary support that they rendered to the Commission through their contribution to the various Committees they served in, despite the fact that RMAFC as an organisation is poorly funded.  He prayed to God to reward them for their sacrifices and wished that they would be reappointed so that they could continue to support  the Commission.

Members who spoke during the occasion eulogised the Chairman, M.B. Shehu for the achievements recorded under his stewardship.

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According to them, these include the  recommendation on  the review of the salaries of Ambassadors and some political office holders, work on the review of the Federal Allocation Formula, staff training, and improvement of the general condition of the office.

The members however lamented the poor funding of RMAFC and called on all the stakeholders to support the  bill to grant the organisation financial autonomy, which is presently before the Senate so that the commission could comfortably carry out its duties.

Speaking on this challenge, the member representing Benue State, Samuel Adaa Magbe said, “The Commission is not well funded.  There is a lot of low morale among the staff of the Commission, because when you go out to monitor the activities of FIRS, the Central Bank, and so on, you see that there is a wide disparity between us and them. But I hope that the President will do something about that for this Commission to move forward.”

Another outgoing member, Adebayo Fari, representing Ogun State, called for adequate funding and human capital development.

 

He said, “One of the major things that has been a challenge here is the  funding of the organisation. Aside from that, we have the issue of human capital.   There have been moves by this administration under the leadership of M.B. Shehu to actually do a lot of training, but aside from that, I think there is still a need to recruit more hands in  the areas of accounting, statistics, economics and tax administration, so that they can actually build a very big capacity to do their functions very well”.

 

Modu Ali Juluri  member representing Yobe State remarked, ” RMAFC should be treated as a federation agency, rather than  a federal government agency because the work that is done in RMAFC actually engages all the interests of the federation.”

 

He posited that RMAFC is a national commission that  all   tiers of government, federal, states, and  local governments should really be interested in and therefore added his voice to the call to adequately fund  and digitise it.

 

“I think the government should, first of all, digitalise RMAFC and  ensure that it is well funded to carry out its activities.” He said.

 

The secretary to the Commission Nwaze Joseph  Okechukwu, who gave the vote of thanks, praised the Honourable Chairman for the achievements so far recorded under his watch and described the tenure of the outgoing Commissioners as worthwhile. He noted that they were able to execute the national assignment that they were appointed to do and wished them success in their future endeavours.

 

The 20 outgoing members are:  Dr. Chris Alonzie Akomas,  Abia State; Anyang Sunday Okon, Akwa Ibom State; Chima Philip Okafor,  Anambra State;  Maagbe Samuel Adaa,  Benue State;  Ntufam Eyo-NSA Whiley Cross River State; Andrew Ogheneovo Agbaga, Delta state; Barr. Patrick Nworu Mgbebu,  Ebonyi state; Victor Eboigbe,   Edo state; Amujo Phillip Ajayi, Ekiti state; and Mohammed Kabeer Usman,  Gombe State.

 

Others are: Kabir Muhammad Mashi. Katsina State; Umaru Faruk Abdullahi, Kano State; Prof. Olusegun Adekunle Wright, Lagos State; Aliyu Almakura Abdulkadir, Nasarawa state; Ibrahim Bako Bagudu Shettima. Niger State; Adebayo Adeniyi Fari, Ogun State; Olatokumbo Ajasin,  Ondo State; Alexander Shaiyen, Plateau State, Modu-Aji Juluri, Yobe State, and Abubakar Sadiq Abdulkarim Gusau representing  Zamfara state.

 

The members were appointed on the 26th of June 2019 for a tenure of five years, which expired midnight of yesterday, the 26th of June, 2024.


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Mark Itsibor is a journalist and communication specialist with 10 years of experience, He is currently Chief Correspondent at LEADERSHIP Media Group and writes on Finance, Economy, Politics, Crime, and Judiciary. He has a B.Sc in Political Science, Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism (Print), and B.A in Development Communication. His Twitter handle is @Itsibor_M

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