FG saves N206bn in staff salaries in 2 years – IPPIS director


The Director, Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Olufehinti Olusegun, says the Nigerian government saved over N206 billion in salaries of federal civil servants during the 2017 and 2018
fiscal years.

Olusegun made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. He said this was achieved through
blocking financial leakages of ghost workers.

He gave the breakdown as N76 billion in 2017 and N130 billion in 2018,
adding that the current administration of President Mohammadu Buhari
had helped sustain the policy introduced in 2007.

He said the administration, through the offices of Accountant-General
of the Federation and the Minister of Finance, ensured that all the
512 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and their 740,000
workers were properly streamlined into the IPPIS.

He said from 2015 to date, the federal government, as part of the gains of the IPPIS, had been able to employ more than 70,000 new workers into the federal civil service.

He revealed that the federal government also had given the deadline of
March for all MDAs to join the IPPIS or have their salaries stopped.

“What we have been able to achieve in IPPIS from 2015 to date is due
to the political will of the current administration, most especially
from the president himself.

“He has been able to bring in the Nigeria Police, the NSCDC, the immigration and the prisons into IPPIS, unlike what it used to be. In fact, we just finished capturing the military.

“The kind of support we have enjoyed from the Office of Accountant-General of the Federation, former minister and current minister of finance has been so tremendous,” he said.

He, however, identified lack of infrastructure and inaccurate information being supplied by civil servants as part of challenges facing the policy.

“It has not been without challenges, we have challenge of infrastructure and in terms of capturing, people do not seem to be bothered about the information that is supplied.

“Where your bank account number is not complete or correct, there will
be a problem because you will not get your money. Where your date of
birth is not correct, there will be a challenge too,’’ he said.

The director said there were ongoing moves to form a synergy with
state governments towards domesticating IPPIS in their domain for
effective accountability and elimination of ghost workers.

 (NAN)

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