Poju Oyemade on Saturday, May 1, 2021.
The politician said Nigeria needs young people to be the head the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), saying the people in position of power are too old to understand how fintech companies work.
He said, “
What is the average age of our cabinet? Our cabinet does not reflect Nigeria. They cannot understand Paystack, they cannot understand Flutterwave. They cannot understand Kobo360.
“They don’t know how to tax them. The tax authorities are taxing their revenues, because they think that all the money received by Kobo360 is revenue. No, it is money they are receiving as an aggregator.