By; OLADELE ADEDAYO, Ado-Ekiti
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has appointed Mr Rufus Olaniran Olatona as Chairman of the State’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
In a statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, said the appointment takes effect from November 1, 2022.
Olatona, who hails from Okemesi-Ekiti is a chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria.
He holds an HND in Accountancy from the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos (1992), and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife (2010).
A financial expert of repute, Olatona, until his appointment, was the Group Chief Financial Officer, Loatsad Promomedia Limited, a Lagos based holding company with interests in advertising and multimedia, where his key responsibilities also include coordinating the company’s relationship with regulatory institutions.
He had earlier in 2009 served as a Tax Consultant to Ekiti State Government.
The governor wished the new IRS Chairman success in the new assignment.
