League Cautions Tinubu Administration Against Merger of FIRS, Customs, NIMASA · Points out massive job losses · Argues merger should be for agencies not doing well
The League of Maritime Editors (LOME) on Monday advised the administration of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu against the proposal to merge the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as one single agency to be known as the Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS).
The League described such proposal as ill-conceived and misleading to the administration of Tinubu which should not be allowed to see the light of the day.
Describing the proposal as anti-people, the association added that those behind the idea failed to consider the obvious dire consequences associated with merger which include mass sack of employees in all the agencies involved.
In a statement signed by the President of the League, Chi...
