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Nigerians React As FG Apologises for Misleading Tweets About Bank Account Holders

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The Federal Government has apologised for Thursday’s “misleading tweets” which had humorously ordered all account holders in the country’s financial institutions to re-register their details.

According to the government’s tweets on Friday, the proposed completion of self-certification forms is for some specific individuals and not everyone was wrongly stated.

The tweets read:

“We apologize for the misleading tweets (now deleted) that went up yesterday, regarding the completion of self-certification forms by Reportable Persons. The message contained in the @firsNigeria Notice does not apply to everybody. FIRS will issue appropriate clarification shortly,” the tweet read.

Furthermore, FIRS clarified in a statement posted on Twitter, noting: “This is to notify the general public that all account holders in Financial Institutions (Banks, Insurance Companies, etc) are required to obtain, complete and submit Self – Certification Forms to their respective Financial Institutions.

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“This is to clarify the publication for financial institutions account holders in Nigeria to complete the self certification form, pursuant to the Income Tax (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations 2019 which is for the fulfilment of Automatic Exchange of Information Requirements.

“The Self Certification form is basically to be administered on Reportable persons holding accounts in Financial institutions that are regarded as “Reportable Financial Institutions” under the CRS. Reportable persons are often non-residents and other persons who have residence for tax purposes in more than one jurisdiction or Country. Financial Institutions are expected to administer the Self Certification form on such account holders when information at its disposal indicates that the Account holder is a person resident for tax purpose in more than one jurisdiction. The information that indicates an account holder is a resident for tax purposes in more than one jurisdiction, is expected to be available to Financial Institutions during account opening processes for the KYC and AML purpose.”

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The announcement by the government had generated knocks from the public after account holders are obligated to have the bank verification number and the national identification number.

This obviously has left some worried Nigerians with a feeling that the government of President Mohammadu Buhari is indeed in a confused state.

While some embraced the apology as tendered by the presidency, some aggrieved youths gave it a sharp rebuff as they teased and taunted the government, lamenting that making such heinous mistakes are one of the major qualities that characterize the APC led government and as such did not come to them as a surprise.

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