The office of the Accountant General of the
Federation (AGF) says it is upgrading the
Government Integrated Financial Management
Information System (GIFMIS) to ensure payment
of December salary before Christmas.
The Director of Funds in the office, Mr
Mohammed Dikwa, stated this in an interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Wednesday in Abuja on the sideline of a one-day
workshop on the Treasury Single Account and e-
payment/collection.

Dikwa said that the system would be shut down
over the weekend for the upgrade.

``The essence of the shut down is for
maintenance. Some people complained that they
couldn’t have access over the last few weeks
because of the queue management challenge.

``We want to upgrade the infrastructure that we
have over the weekend so that by Monday next
week all payments will go on smoothly.

``If you look at the trend, people find it difficult
to have access easily because the infrastructure
was not strong enough to effectively handle the
queue management.

``But with the new improvement, the system will
be easily accessed, there will be seamless
transactions, and people will get their money
before Christmas particularly salaries and other
financial commitments of government.

``I want to assure all Federal civil servants that,
God willing, they will get their salaries before
Christmas because we will try as much as
possible to pay the salaries before that time.

``We hope to have the Federation Account
Allocation Committee meeting much more earlier
and that will give us the room to have more
money into the consolidated revenue of the
federal government that will be used for the
purpose of paying salaries and other
commitments of government as far as this
financial year is concerned.’’


Earlier at the workshop, Dikwa, who represented
the AGF, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, said that the
maintenance was to enhance the capability of
the system to address the issue of queue
management and other associated operational
challenges.

NAN reports that GIFMIS is an information
technology based system for budget
management and accounting that is being
implemented by the federal government.
The aim is to improve public expenditure
management processes and to enhance greater
accountability and transparency across ministries
and agencies.

In her remarks at the workshop, the acting Head
of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs
Wilnifred Oyo-Ita, said the workshop was an
opportunity for stakeholders to deliberate on the
challenges associated with the TSA
implementation.

Oyo-Ita, who was represented by the Permanent
Secretary in her office, Mr Yemi Adelakun, said
that the outcome of the workshop would provide
the much needed feedback for policy evaluation
and review.

NAN reports that the workshop was organised by
Jk Consulting Company Limited in collaboration
with the Office of the Account-General of the
Federation.
It participants included senior account officers
and internal auditors of ministries, departments
and agencies of the federal government. (NAN)


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Good one from federal government... At least end of the year clearance..

IF THIS GONNA WORK I THINK ITS A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT coz they might come out tomorrow to say the system was hacked.
#expectTheUnexpectableUndaBABA