Moses Ofodeme
Three hundred federal civil servants would have to stay without salary for now until they tidy up information on their Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
Mr Abdulaganiyu Aminu, Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), quoted Mr Mahmuda Mamman, Permanent Secretary, Career Management office, as saying that in a statement on Saturday, June 12.
According to the statement, Mamman, in a circular announced the suspension on behalf of the HOCSF, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan.
It said that the circular was addressed to all permanent secretaries, Accountant General of the Federation and the Auditor-General of the Federation.
“The salaries of 331 federal civil servants have been suspended by the FG on the IPPIS platform for their failure to carry; out the online records update of the HR Module of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System.
“And also, who failed to participate in the physical verification exercise. “This emerged from a circular ref: HCSF/CSO/HRM/T/41 issued on 9th June, 2021.
“And signed on behalf of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan; by the Permanent Secretary, Career Management Office, Mahmuda Mamman,” the statement said.
According to Mamman, in spite of all the various circulars issued; requesting employees of MDAs to carry out an online records update on the IPPIS verification portal; some employees in the core MDAs failed to comply with the directives.
“As a result of this, they could not also participate in the physical verification exercise; that was carried out between June 2018 and December 2020; as their records were not found on the verification portal,” the FG stated.
The circular according to Mamman further enjoined concerned officers; to report to the office of the Director, (IPPIS-SW) in the office of the HOCSF for further information and clarification.