Scores of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) trooped out on Thursday at the revenue agency’s headquarters in Abuja to express their gratitude to the Executive Chairman Dr. Zacch Adedeji, for the newly approved salary and welfare packages for them.
A statement by Technical Assistant (Print Media) to the FIRS boss, Sikiru Akinola, quoted the staff members as saying that Adedeji has proven himself as a staff welfare-minded administrator.
The statement noted that FIRS staff were happy for the welfare packages extended to them, most especially the increment in salary.
A staff member was quoted as saying: “Being someone who is deliberate and intentional, Zacch Adedeji Ph.D is always concerned and mindful of those around him and people whose paths have crossed with him. He is our boss and our friend. We all can attest to that. So for us, we decided to gather today to appreciate him. This was something he had avoided. More than two occasions, we had attempted it. When the news of the increment was first spread in-house, it was well-received. During the one year anniversary, the leadership of the staff union openly revealed that this is the first time they would sleep with their eyes closed as members don’t have any complain to warrant a confrontation with the leadership of FIRS.”
This is even as another staff said: “The Executive Chairman did not even brief many people before increasing staff salary and other welfare packages. He is someone who believes that those who help in making sure the audacious target of N19.4 trillion for the 2024 is met should also be properly treated to motivate them. Few months ago, in what many of us described as unprecedented, he had increased our salary. It was uncommon. This was after many other packages had been introduced. He listens to our yearnings and aspirations.”
In their various remarks at the gathering, most of them pointed out that no Executive Chairman of the agency had been so celebrated like Adedeji in just a year and four months of his stewardship.
The Executive Chairman reciprocated the staff’s appreciation with the waving of his hands to them.
