Federal Government has taken steps to bridge the gap in the implementation of Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System with commencement of implementation of the Human Resource (HR) module of the IPPIS.
The Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), has accordingly held a one-day Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System – Human Resource (IPPIS-HR), Sensitisation Programme for officers on Grade Levels 12 and above from 40 selected non-core Ministries, extra-ministerial Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
A statement on Sunday by the Director of communications, Mohammed Ahmed, said the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary, Service Policies and Strategies Office (SPSO), OHCSF, Dr. Deborah Odoh.
Folasade while declaring open the event, packaged under the Fiscal Governance and Institutions’ Project (FGIP), a World Bank – Assisted programme, revealed that at inception, the implementation of IPPIS focused mainly on payroll not the HR component, given Government’s desire to block financial leakages in personnel cost occasioned by the infiltration of ghost workers into the Service.
She further explained that this created a gap leading to series of implementation issues.
“The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation commenced activities towards the implementation of the Human Resource (HR) module of IPPIS to bridge some of the identified gaps,” she informed participants.
Yemi-Esan noted that the HR component of IPPIS is among the six major priority areas of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP-25), adding “I urge you to see this session and other laudable programmes supported by the World Bank towards ensuring and strengthening the implementation of the IPPIS-HR in the selected 40 MDAs, as a matter of national importance.”
She urged participants to concentrate on the presentations and transmit the outcome to their respective MDAs to ensure the institutionalisation of an IPPIS-HR that is reliable, credible, and free from corrupted HR data.
She acknowledged the support received from the World Bank, under the FGIP, towards ensuring the successful implementation of IPPIS.
While welcoming participants earlier, the Permanent Secretary, Career Management (CMO), OHCSF, Mr. Adeleye Adeoye, represented by the Consultant on IPPIS, Mrs Anne Atta urged non-core MDAs to be resolute in the implementation of the Module.
Adeoye noted that the implementation of IPPIS-HR in MDAs seeks to achieve the overall objectives of the scheme aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the storage of personnel records and attaining transparency, accuracy, safety, and reliability in the management of personnel records.
He added it was also aimed at facilitating effective management, reporting, as well as storage and retrieval of information.
He, however, noted with dismay that despite its introduction, since 2013, many Public Servants were still unaware of its existence and could not differentiate between the various components of IPPIS.
