WITH recent happenings in the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service LIRS, it’s obvious that someone is persistently after the person of Ayodele Subair, the executive chairman of the tax office. The person or persons are either gunning for Subair’s job as the indefatigable Lagos State tax man or all out to ruin and stain his integrity, which he has built over the last two decades.
Society Circuit has uncovered fresh facts to back Subair’s achievements and sterling qualities in the Lagos State tax office since his emergence.
Aside from having an unwavering commitment to staff welfare with a view to enhancing the capacity of its workforce to meet the demands of 21st-century taxation, the Subair-led LIRS administration’s success is driven by the adoption of strategies that are anchored on capacity-building for an inevitable workforce that enhances productivity.
Contrary to insinuations in some quarters that no promotion had been approved within the service in the past 10 years, a total of 3,608 staff had been promoted between 2017 to 2021 alone while a 70% increase was approved for staff from Assistant Revenue Manager and below, and a 50% increase for Revenue Manager and above.
Though sources disclosed that the agitation against the Subair-led administration was strictly about the promotional examination, many of the allegations have since been found to be untrue. One of his sins is the decision to introduce a computer-based test for promotion to enhance competence and merit while banishing nepotism and encouraging high-fliers within the system to grow.
Subair has continued to fly high with his intimidating resume and track record as a seasoned economist with vast knowledge in government and non-government organisations, banking, oil & gas exploration, insurance companies, trading concerns, multinational courier and logistics companies, securities companies, finance, investment, and leasing companies and manufacturing.