The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has rated Airtel Nigeria as one of the top three most tax complaint payers in Nigeria and has also been recognized for its remarkable performance in Remittances of the various taxes in the 2021 Tax year.
This rating and honour were given during FIRS’s second edition of its stakeholder engagement forum held at the Banquet Hall, State House Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Airtel Nigeria’s Vice President, Finance, Adenike Ayeye and Head, Taxation, Mary Okoro, received the award on behalf of the company at the event which was attended by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking during the event, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said the stakeholders’ forum was designed to engage stakeholders in the Nigerian tax space in meaningful discourse so as to glean information, ideas and experience in the aid of policy formulation and improved tax environment.