The House of Representatives has demanded an investigation into the mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) amidst non-payment of salaries to some civil servants.
The House additionally referred to as for the investigation of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of authorities together with Tertiary Institutions over mismanagement of personnel recruitment, employment and racketeering.
This adopted the adoption of a movement by a member from Osun state Oluwole Oke, on the plenary.
Mr Oke expressed that some civil servants are but to obtain their June Salaries, which embrace Radio Nigeria, News Agency of Nigeria and National Population Commission amongst others.
He stated unconfirmed stories prompt that the delay was sequel to the declare that there was no cash for fee of June Salaries to all federal civil servants.
The lawmaker stated the investigation underscored the essence and the significance of managing the method of recruitment and fee of civil servants and public officers.
Oke defined that the method of recruiting and employment into the civil service had grow to be one which was fraught with endemic corruption, including that public Institutions had since stopped the method of promoting for jobs and vacancies.
According to him, even within the few situations the place adverts are revealed, the slots have been already made right into a commodity for the very best bidders.
This in accordance to him necessitated the introduction of IPPIS to assist fish out the big quantity of ghost staff.
He added that in spite of this, some MDAs in collusion with the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning have devised strategies to insert ghost staff and get funds by back-door channels.
He stated if pressing steps weren’t taken to examine these challenges, the morale of most civil servants can be fully dampened and the Federal Government would proceed to lose billions in month-to-month funds to ghost staff and unlawful fee
Adopting the movement, the House subsequently resolved to arrange an advert hoc Committee to examine the assorted MDAS, Parastatals, and Tertiary Institutions in regards to the above points and report again inside 4 weeks.
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