Muhammad Mamman Nami (born 2 February 1968) is a Nigerian accountant, management professional, tax administrator and public officer. He is the current Executive Chairman of Nigeria's

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FIRS, the agency responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government of Nigeria. He has almost three (3) decades of practical working experience in Auditing, Tax Management and Advisory and Management Services to clients in the Banking, Manufacturing Services and Public Sectors as well as Non- Profit organizations.

Early life and education

Nami was born in Nami village, Agaie Local Government Area of

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. He attended Jipo LEA Primary School and thereafter proceeded to the Government Secondary School, Suleja. Nami obtained a bachelor's degree in Sociology from

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in 1991 and a Masters of Business degree from

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, Zaria in 2014. He is a fellow of the

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, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria and Associate Member of

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(Chartered) and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.

Career

Nami started his career with

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in 1993 and rose to the position of a senior consultant in charge of tax management and advisory services. He joined KEL Group of Companies as General Manager from 2004 to 2006; and later with the Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd as a Statutory Board Audit Committee Member. In 2018, he founded Manam Professional Services (Chartered Tax Practitioners and Business Advisers) based in

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, and

. In 2017, Nami was appointed by President

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as a member of the Audit Committee on Recoveries - a committee set up to recover loot in

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. As of September 2018, the committee said it had recovered about $2 billion. He is a Fellow of Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigation Professionals of Nigeria, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria and Associate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria. Muhammad Nami also served on many companies’ Board and Statutory Board Audit Committees. He was appointed as a member, Presidential Committee on Audit of Recovered Stolen Assets in November, 2017 by President

Chairman of FIRS

Nami was appointed Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS in 2019 by President

, after the expiration of the 5-year tenure of

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. When he appeared before the Senate, Nami told Senators that his qualifications have put him “in good stead".

References

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