BENIN CITY- The Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Edo State Internal Revenue Service, EIRS, Hon. Barr. Oladele Bankole-Balogun alongside Deacon Patrick Akhimien Idiake, Hon.Michael Ohio-Ezomo and Hon. Engr. Jackson Eribo, executive directors on the EIRS Board on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, officially assumed office.

Hon. Bankole-Balogun, and other board members on assumption made a guided office tour of the EIRS headquarters in Benin, where they officially introduced themselves and interfaced with directors, unit heads and staffs, a process which brought them up to speed with activities of the Revenue Service.

Barr. Bankole-Balogun who had open interactions with revenue officials when he made an on-the-spot assessment of their jobs right at their individual workstations/silos, listening to their feedback as it relates to their scope of work, areas of needs, challenges, achievements and job motivation.

Letting them know that the guided tour was not a witch hunt but a familiarization process, Barr. Balogun told them, “Your welfare is of utmost importance.” He told them that owing to the mandate of His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo, Governor of Edo State, there is need for the Revenue Service to up its game in the area of efficiency to affect revenue generation set targets in order to drive infrastructural development of the State.

Fielding questions from the media, he gave an assessment of the office, based on observations on his first day at work. The EIRS Chief stated, ‘It was one of comfort and joy.”

He maintained, “We seem to have staffs who are very knowledgeable and experienced in the business of revenue collection, assessment and management…As we go along, more is expected of our staff in terms of performance and work related activities. I, with the Executive Directors and staff, we will achieve the objectives of His Excellency, the governor of the state, Senator Monday Okpebholo.”

The Executive Chairman and Executive Directors thereafter had an IGR strategic management meeting with top management staff of the Service.

Hon. Barr Oladele Bankole-Balogun is an accomplished board room guru, international lawyer and former Federal Commissioner, Public Complaints Commission.