Sodiq OyelekeThe Federal Inland Revenue Service has alleged that the Nigerian Postal Services was collecting stamp duties illegally. Abubakar had on Sunday alleged FIRS of stealing the mandate of NIPOST by accepting payment for stamp duties. But FIRS in the statement titled ‘That vexed NIPOST tweet by Mrs Maimuna Abubakar’, said it is the sole agency charged with the responsibility of assessing, collecting, and accounting for all tax types, including Stamp Duties. “This function is clearly contrary to the claim by NIPOST over the administration of stamp duties in Nigeria. “In addition, anyone found culpable of misappropriating the funds in the said illegal NIPOST Stamp Duties Account would be made to face the law as provisioned by the country’s statute books.

Source: Punch August 04, 2020 12:45 UTC