Many civil servants across several Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) including the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) have been suspended for alleged salary padding on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

The allegation was confirmed by RMAFC Chairman, Mohammed Bello Shehu, who said those identified had been placed on suspension pending investigation.
The affected workers were found to have manipulated the IPPIS system to pad their salaries above their threshold.
An Assistant Director at the OAGF in charge in charge of staff’ salary was alleged to have connived with some staff to pad up the salaries of unspecified number of lower level staff.

The scheme was discovered when a level 7 officer whose salary should be in the range of N60,000 was paid over N400,000, which was in the range of a salary package of a Director.

The salary padding racket had been on for a while among a small clique of civil servants in different MDAs with the IPPIS office in the OAGF as the epicentre.
Reacting to the development, the OAGF in a statement said it was, “in receipt of enquiries over alleged ‘salary padding’ on the IPPIS involving some unspecified MDAs.”

“In the meantime, a staff suspected to be connected with the breach has been suspended to allow for thorough investigation. “All necessary steps are being taken to strengthen the controls around the IPPIS payment platform and an independent forensic audit of the entire payroll system is underway to ascertain if the reported breach is isolated or widespread,” Shehu said.

He said if the indicted officials were found culpable of the salary padding allegations, they would be handed over to the appropriate authorities for prosecution.

Ebubu2:
Buhari is not here to play

Senioreddy:
Omo seems like president tinubu is out to cleanse the entire system.

This man might perform after all. Let's just wait and see sha cos I don't believe in initial gragra

Senioreddy:
Omo seems like president tinubu is out to cleanse the entire system.

This man might perform after all. Let's just wait and see sha cos I don't believe in initial gragra

KingKO22:
Asiwaju will eradicate all this nonsense

This more reason why we need an educated and most preferably an economist as president bcs he will be able to discover any foul play ns won't just sign any documents like a mumu president Buhari


Kudo guys
..next is to reduce the cost of governance from federal to state level

Revolution2022:
So the IPPIS can be breached?I thought it was the safest payroll system.

LeoDeKing:
The purposely of IPPIS would have been defeated if not for the coming of a first class seasoned accountant.

According to wetin I jear, this has been going on for a long time. The IPPIS staff and the beneficiaries must have made fortune. Sacking is not enough, they should be make to pay up the excess as much as records can track.

Revolution2022:
So the IPPIS can be breached?I thought it was the safest payroll system.

lonecatt:
he is installing his own people ahead for more cleansing of the treasury.
he cannot thief lagos and become saint overnight.

koskilala:
You can imagine the level of corruption, pesin wey suppose collect 60k dey collect 400k o, how many people's salary?