A plan by the federal government to remove unverified civil servants from its Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) is set to kick off.
The plan which will take effect from Friday, October 27, 2023, comes after a record verification exercise.
The move by the government is aimed at curbing corruption and eliminating ghost workers from the government’s payroll.
A statement by the Director of Communications, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHCSF), Mohammed Ahmed, revealed the move on Wednesday, October 25.
The statement by the government’s representatives partly reads: “Having committed substantial financial and human resources over a period of seven years to verify the records of all civil servants on the IPPIS platform, our office was left with no option than to suspend the salaries of those who failed to participate in the exercise.
“The verification of records of all civil servants will be finalised at the end of the ongoing exercise and any officer whose record could not be verified will be delisted from the payroll of government.”
According to a report by The Nation, as of October 3, about 89,100 workers on the federal payroll were yet to update their records as directed by authorities.
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