Photo Caption: Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun (left); Most Consistent Tax Payer in Kaduna State, Dr. Lema Jibrin; Kaduna State Governor Mallam Nasir El Rufai and Chairman Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service, Mallam Mukhtar Ahmed, during an interactive session on Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme in Kaduna in Kaduna on Thursday, March 1, 2018

Against the backdrop of reports about fake tax officials taking advantage of the March 31, 2018 deadline, who visit unsuspecting Nigerians in respect of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun advised tax payers to demand written notice when they receive phone calls from such officials.
A statement by Oluyinka Akintunde, her spokesman on Sunday, quoted the Minister as saying: “My attention has been drawn to reports of some unidentified tax officials requesting for bank details and address of tax payers.
“If you receive a phone call from someone claiming to be from the Tax Office, do not panic. Ask them to send you a written notice. Do not provide any details like your address or bank details,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, honoured Elder Lema Jibrin, a consistent tax payer.
Jibrin was honoured during the VAIDS Sensitisation Programme in Kaduna last Thursday.
The Kaduna State Governor noted that Jibrin had consistently paid tax to the government for 40 years.
“Elder Lema Jibrin, the Dan Iyan Katsina, is the most tax compliant Nigerian. He has been paying his taxes consistently for 40 years and has not relented or evaded the payment of taxes,” el-Rufai said.
Adeosun praised Elder Jibrin for his consistency and diligence in tax payment, and urged tax payers to utilise the amnesty programme of the Federal Government to regularise their tax profiles.