ATAF re-elects Fowler as African tax chief

The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler, has been re-elected as Council Chairman of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) for a fresh two-year term.

A press release signed by FIRS’ Head of Communications and Servicom Department, Wahab Gbadamosi, said Fowler was returned unopposed by all ATAF Council members at the Forum’s 5th General Assembly meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, recently.

The FIRS chief has led the organisation in the last two years, with commendable applause from members of the organisation and his candidature was not opposed by any of the 26 countries that participated in the elections.

Burundi, Burkina Faso and Mauritius contested the position of the vice chairman, which was won by Mauritius.

Established in 2009, ATAF, the continental association of tax authorities, has 38 members.