Muhammad Mamman Nami

Nami was appointed Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS in 2019 by President Muhammadu Buhari, after the expiration of the 5-year tenure of Babatunde Fowler. When he appeared before the Senate, Nami told Senators that his qualifications have put him “in good stead".

In 2017, Nami was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the Audit Committee on Recoveries - a committee set up to recover loot in Nigeria. As of September 2018, the committee said it had recovered about $2 billion.

Nami started his career with PKF International in 1993 and rose to the position of a senior consultant in charge of tax management and advisory services. He joined KEL Group of Companies as General Manager from 2004 to 2006; and later with the Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd as a Statutory Board Audit Committee Member. In 2018, he founded Manam Professional Services (Chartered Tax Practitioners and Business Advisers) based in Kaduna, Abuja, and Niger State.

Nami was born in Nami village, Agaie Local Government Area of Niger State. He attended Jipo LEA Primary School and thereafter proceeded to the Government Secondary School, Suleja. Nami obtained a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Bayero University Kano in 1991 and a Masters of Business degree from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 2014. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Institute of Debt Recovery Practitioners of Nigeria and Associate Member of Nigerian Institute of Management (Chartered) and Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.

Muhammad Mamman Nami (born 2 February 1968) is a Nigerian accountant, tax administrator and public officer. He is the current Executive Chairman of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service FIRS, the agency responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing to the Federal Government of Nigeria.