The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that only workers captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System IPPIS, will receive salaries.
He disclosed this today during the presentation of the proposed 2021 Budget of N13 trillion to the National Assembly.
According to Buhari, the reason for the decision was to checkmate the incidence of payments to non-existent personnel and unauthorised allowances.
Recall that Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU had embarked on an indefinite strike on March 23 over alleged shortcomings of IPPIS and failure of the Federal Government to honour its 2019 agreement.
ASUU had rejected IPPIS, insisting that it violates university autonomy and proposed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS as an alternative.
However, Buhari said, “Personnel cost is still our largest single item of expenditure. In the 7 months to 31st July 2020, it accounted for 34 percent of total Federal Government spending and is projected at 33 percent of 2021 expenditure.
“To check the incidence of payments to non-existent personnel and unauthorised allowances, only Federal staff that have been captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (‘IPPIS’) platform will receive salaries.
“All agencies have been directed to ensure that they obtain all necessary approvals before embarking on any fresh recruitment. Any breach of these directives will be severely sanctioned.”
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