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| Ayodele Subair, Chairman, LIRS. |
The Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Subair has been conferred with the Most Innovative CEO of The Year Award 2022 by the New Telegraph Awards 2022.
The
award ceremony, held at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel,
Lagos, on Friday, had in attendance several other awardees and dignitaries,
including the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, honoured with the Statesman
of the Year Award, All Progress Congress Presidential Flagbearer, Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu, PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, who both bagged
Lifetime Achievement Award and Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who
went home with the Governor of the Year(Education), among others.
The
organisers of the awards, The New Telegraph Newspapers, explained that Subair
was honoured for his landmark strides since he became the LIRS Executive
Chairman in 2016, as he has been able to implement strategic innovations as
well as double the initial revenue generation from N240bn to N427bn with his
astute knowledge and experience in Accounting and Taxation.
Driving
the tax revolution at the LIRS, other Subair’s achievements, according to the
newspaper, include the introduction of eTax in 2019, the launching of
the whistleblowing initiative (2022), staff reforms and welfare upgrade
(from 2017 till date), the introduction of the IBILE HUB Initiative (2021),
Technology driven Operational Reforms in LIRS formed in 2022, where an
Intelligent Unit- a team of undercover administration specially trained in
information gathering and intelligence reports to provide information on all
taxpayers in Lagos State and to ensure the agency has adequate information for
appropriate profiling to expose tax defaulters.
Others
include the establishment of the LIRS Service Charter (2021), the introduction
of Automation of collection of consumption taxes (2017-2018), the inauguration
of the Joint State Revenue Committee (JSRC) in 2021 as well as becoming the
agency with the Highest Generated Revenue amid Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
While
receiving the award, the LIRS boss, who was accompanied by some of the agency’s
directors, expressed gratitude to the management of New Telegraph for
recognising LIRS for the efforts it has been making in driving the State’s
revenue generation under Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration.
Subair
said: “I want to say a very big thank you to the organizers of this great
award, including the publisher and management of New Telegraph. “I want to say
thank you for recognizing LIRS as being the most innovative and very strategic
agency. We know we have to be on top of our game so that we can generate enough
revenue for this wonderful state.”
Speaking
further, the astute Tax administrator noted: “I am very happy to receive this
award. It is the recognition of all the hard work we’ve been doing at the LIRS.
This award encourages us to strive to improve our innovation. The LIRS is
hinged on technology, and anybody who wants to make any headway in tax
administration has to embrace technology. So, it’s our joy that we are being
duly recognized as the foremost agency in that direction.
“I
dedicate this award to my late father, Engr. Abiodun Subair, Governor of Lagos
State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who always says yes to our wish list. I also want
to dedicate the award to my family, to all directors and management staff of
LIRS who are here to support me tonight and very importantly, to all staff of
LIRS that have stayed committed to our strategic objectives.”
Speaking
on what to expect from the agency shortly, Subair noted; “As for me, when you
talk about figures, I want to ensure that we continue to double our numbers so
that we have enough funding to sustain the development of our dear State.
Among
the directors, who accompanied the LIRS chairman to receive the award included
LIRS Board Secretary, Mr Owolabi Kamson, Director, Admin and HR, Arinola
Kola-Daisi, Director, Legal, Seyi Alade, Assistant Director, IT, Rasheed
Olu-Ajayi, Assistant Director, Relationship Management Unit, RMU, Mr Tunji
Osuntokun and Head Corporate Affairs, Monsurat Amasa.
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