President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday approved the appointment of Dr William Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
He had his higher education in the U.S., where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration degree from California State University.
Before joining the service of the Lagos State Government, Fowler had worked in the banking sector for about 20 years with long stints at Credit Lyonnais Nigeria Limited and Chartered Bank.
Under his leadership, the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue reportedly achieved a sharp increase in internally generated revenue from an average of N3.6 billion per month in January 2006, to an average of about N20.5 billion per month in 2013.
Fowler, who holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree of the Irish International University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and the Business Management Association of the UK.
