James Emejo in Abuja
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has commissioned some banks to recover N1.82 trillion from the accounts of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited (MCN) and MultiChoice Africa (MCA).
Preparatory to the collection of the amount, which is arrears of tax liabilities of the companies, the agency has also ordered that all local bank accounts of the two organisations, owners of pay television, DSTV, should be frozen.
FIRS Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, said yesterday that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and to freeze the accounts were due to the group’s continued refusal to grant FIRS access to its servers for audit.