The Federal Government has announced the suspension of salaries for 331 civil servants for failure to update their Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) as directed.
The permanent Secretary, Career Management office, Mahmuda Mamman made the announcement in a statement issued by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HOCSF), Abdulaganiyu Aminu, on Saturday in Abuja.
According to the statement, a circular was addressed to all permanent secretaries, Accountant General of the Federation and the Auditor-General of the Federation to that effect.
“The salaries of 331 federal civil servants have been suspended 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
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.
It is reported that the Human Resources (HR) Module of IPPIS records update exercise was initiated to rid the service of ghost workers, cut down government expenditure and ensure credible personnel records.
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