Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has ordered the immediate suspension of the Chairman and Members of the Gombe State Board of Internal Revenue ( BOIR).
Consequently, the Chairman, Salisu Adamu Dukku has been directed to hand over the Affairs of the Board to Abubakar Inuwa Tata, Chairman, Fiscal Responsibility Commission who will take charge as administrator pending further action.
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Equally, according to a statement by Ismaila Uba Misilli, Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Governor, the chairman and the following members; Abubakar Magaji Difa, Ismail Ishaq and Umar Shamaki Tula are to report to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government for further instructions.
In the same vein, the following Senior Management staff have been directed to hand over to their immediate subordinates and report to the Office of the Head of Service for further Instructions.
They are Sadiq Abubakar Mohammed – Head of Department, Collection Sulaiman Adamu- Head of Department, Internal Control and Mohammed Usman Bello- State Motor Registrar.
No reason was given for the suspension of the officers but an impeccable source said that the Governor has not been happy with the poor internally generated revenue in the recent time.
