FG saves over N218bn on personnel cost through IPPIS since inception

saved more than N218 billion on personnel cost since the introduction of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The Director, IPPIS, Mr.
Olusegun Olufehinti, said this in an interview on Sunday in Abuja said that the system was conceptualised in 2006, but was actualised in April 2007.
He said that in 2017 alone, N67 billion was saved, while about 92 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), would have been unable to pay salaries due to a deficit in their budget.
According to him, in the past, individual MDAs with such excess will exhaust it without returning anything to the government coffers and yet, the government will be compelled to look for additional money to pay the other MDAs.
Olufehinti said IPPIS was one of Federal Government’s public finance reforms aimed at ensuring that the actual strength of Federal Government workers was known to help in budgeting and annual planning.
He said it would also facilitate storage of updates and retrieval of information and help in blocking wastages and unnecessary expenditure on personnel (ghost workers).
He added that it was very accurate because if a worker had not been captured, the system generated number could not be faked.
“It has helped our budget system because it helps to make provisions for the actual number of personnel.
“When the system started, the pioneer MDAs claimed to have 55,000 workers but after being captured we discovered that it had been overstated by about 32,000.
“We started with seven MDAs and then extended to 11 more MDAs.
“As at today, we have captured 586 MDAs, 42 police commands, three paramilitary agencies: the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), and Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS).’’ He also said that the system had captured some resident doctors from about 50 medical centres and was on the verge of capturing the militaryNavy, Air Force and Army.
According to him, the sensitisation for the military will begin on Tuesday, while the actual enrollment commences on July 30.
Olufehinti, however, said that for now, the revenue generating agencies were not captured on IPPIS.
He added that the judiciary and the legislature had not embraced it but would when they saw the advantage of it.
The IPPIS director said discussions were ongoing with the tertiary institutions, adding that they would be captured soon.
He, however, said that implementing the system was quite challenging as MDAs were usually resistant to being captured.
Olufehinti said that though some were subtle in their resistance, some were confrontational, while some others tried to buy time for several unjustifiable reasons so they do not have to come on board.

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