Federal Workers will get salaries promptly, says FG

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Following the delayed payment of the October’s salaries to Federal workers, the Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris on Thursday assured that the federal government making practical effort to ensure such would not occur again.

Idris who disclosed this during the commissioning of a creche donated to the office of the AGF by ECOBANK in Abuja, expressed regret at the inability of workers to access their salaries for October.

He explained that the delay was due to technical fault in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Solution, IPPIS, system, noting that, “We are being proactive and we will do whatever it takes to maintain the technology and make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again”.

The AGF said that,“It is not in our interest that this kind of thing is happening and we bear the responsibility. We are doing all it takes to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

“We have established a backup for GIFMIS (Government Integrated Financial Management Information System) and this will ensure that we are prepared the next time we experience system failure.”

He however, noted that the technical fault experienced had already been resolved and salaries were now being paid, adding that, “It has nothing to do with lack of money. We have resources, we have money but the technology to deploy.

Explaining the working of the IPPIS system, he said, “We now do e-payment so any slight glitch in the technology will impact on payment. And that is what has happened. But this has been resolved and alerts have been coming. People have started receiving their salaries,” he said.

The IPPIS facilitates automation and storage of personnel records to support monitoring of staff emolument payments against budget.

It also ensures prompt payment of salaries directly to employees’ accounts with appropriate deductions and remittances of third party payments such as tax, pension, cooperatives, union dues and bank Loans.

Following the delayed payment of the October’s salaries to Federal workers, the Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris on Thursday assured that the federal government making practical effort to ensure such would not occur again.

Idris who disclosed this during the commissioning of a creche donated to the office of the AGF by ECOBANK in Abuja, expressed regret at the inability of workers to access their salaries for October.

He explained that the delay was due to technical fault in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information Solution, IPPIS, system, noting that, “We are being proactive and we will do whatever it takes to maintain the technology and make sure that this kind of thing does not happen again”.

The AGF said that,“It is not in our interest that this kind of thing is happening and we bear the responsibility. We are doing all it takes to make sure that it doesn’t happen again.

“We have established a backup for GIFMIS (Government Integrated Financial Management Information System) and this will ensure that we are prepared the next time we experience system failure.”

He however, noted that the technical fault experienced had already been resolved and salaries were now being paid, adding that, “It has nothing to do with lack of money. We have resources, we have money but the technology to deploy.

Explaining the working of the IPPIS system, he said, “We now do e-payment so any slight glitch in the technology will impact on payment. And that is what has happened. But this has been resolved and alerts have been coming. People have started receiving their salaries,” he said.

The IPPIS facilitates automation and storage of personnel records to support monitoring of staff emolument payments against budget.

It also ensures prompt payment of salaries directly to employees’ accounts with appropriate deductions and remittances of third party payments such as tax, pension, cooperatives, union dues and bank Loans.