The Federal Government has set February 17 as the final deadline for its civil servants to verify their details on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
The directive was issued through a memorandum from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), granting a one-week extension from the previous deadline of February 10.
According to the memo, employees who missed the initial deadline can now access the OAGF-IPPIS payroll validation portal via www.oagf.gov.ng to update their payroll information. The verification is to be completed by midnight on February 17.
This was contained in a memo by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation and sighted by our correspondent on Saturday.
Civil servants are expected to verify their identities on the portal of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System amid the planned stoppage of salaries and other sanctions for ghost workers.
Our correspondent gathered that civil servants had been in haste to generate their Taxpayers Identification Number to meet the deadline.
Part of the requirement for verification is the TIN alongside the IPPIS number and salary account number.
The memo read, “Following the Treasury Circular with Ref. No. TRY/A6&B6/2024-OAGF/CAD/026/Vol. V/910 dated 27th June, 2024 on the above subject matter and subsequent extension dated 16 August, 2024, I am directed to inform you that AGF has approved the extension of the OAF-IPPIS Payroll Validation Portal for an additional one week (10 – 17” February, 2025).
“The portal will be deployed and made accessible to those employees that were unable to complete their validation before the end of earlier deadline. Visit OAF website: www.oagf.gov.ng and access the portal.
“It is hereby emphasised that all employees concerned are expected to conclude update of their payroll information on or before 12 midnight of Monday, February 17, 2025. Please note that officers who fail to avail themselves of this last opportunity may suffer some consequences which may include suspension from the payroll.
“Accounting Officers, Directors/Head of Finance & Account and Internal Audit Units of MDAs and other Arms of Government, are enjoined to give this circular the widest circulation it deserves and ensure compliance.”
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In 2024, President Bola Tinubu directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the Federal Government after relocating abroad be made to refund the money.
The President also directed that the culprits’ supervisors and department heads be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud while they were in charge.
The government warned that failure to comply with the deadline could lead to suspension from the payroll.
It also urged Accounting Officers, Directors of Finance and Accounts, and Internal Audit Units in its Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) to ensure full compliance.
The IPPIS verification is part of the government’s effort to eliminate ghost workers and curb payroll fraud in the civil service.
In June 2024, the former Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HoCSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, announced that some civil servants who had relocated abroad were still receiving salaries. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu condemned the practice, telling those involved to return the funds and that their supervisors would face consequences.
