The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has noted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s recent comments regarding the appointment of Xpress Payments as one of the channels used in the Treasury Single Account (TSA) revenue collection system.
His assertions are incorrect, misleading, and risk unnecessarily politicising a purely administrative and technical process.
For clarity, the FIRS does not operate any exclusive or single-gateway revenue-collection arrangement, and no private entity has been granted a monopoly over government revenues.
The facts are as follows:
The FIRS currently utilises a multi-channel, multi-Payment Solution Service Provider (PSSP) collection framework, which includes several long-established platforms. These include:
Quickteller
Remita
Etranzact
Flutterwave
XpressPay
These PSSPs are part of an expanded, transparent, and competitive ecosystem
