In a bid to eliminate ghost workers from the federal government payroll, the FG has set February 17, 2025, as the deadline for verifying civil servants’ identities.
The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF) announced this in a memo circulated to all ministries, MDAs, and parastatals.
All civil servants are required to verify their identity on the portal of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
Part of the requirements for verification is the Tax Identification Number (TIN), which has left many civil servants scrambling to get theirs from the FIRS offices.
The OAGF’s memo read, “Following the Treasury Circular with Ref. No. TRY/A6&B6/2024-OAGF/CAD/026/Vol. V/910 dated 27th June, 2024 on the above subject matter and subsequent extension dated 16 August, 2024, I am directed to inform you that AGF has approved the extension of the OAF-IPPIS Payroll Validation Portal for an additional one week (10–17” February, 2025).
“The portal will be deployed and made accessible to those employees that were unable to complete their validation before the end of the earlier deadline. Visit the OAGF website: www.oagf.gov.ng and access the portal.
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“It is hereby emphasized that all employees concerned are expected to conclude updating their payroll information on or before 12 midnight on Monday, February 17, 2025. Please note that officers who fail to avail themselves of this last opportunity may suffer some consequences, which may include suspension from the payroll.
“Accounting Officers, Directors/Heads of Finance & Accounts, and Internal Audit Units of MDAs and other arms of government are enjoined to give this circular the widest circulation it deserves and ensure compliance.”
In 2024, President Bola Tinubu directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the federal government after relocating abroad be made to refund the money.
The president also directed that the culprits’ supervisors and department heads be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud while they were in charge.
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