The Federal Government, through the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHCSF), has held a one-day Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System-Human Resource (IPPIS-HR), Sensitisation Programme for Officers on Grade Levels 12 and above from 40 selected non-core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr Folasade Yemi-Esan, was represented at the event by the Permanent Secretary, Service Policies and Strategies Office (SPSO), OHCSF, Dr Deborah Odoh.
While declaring open the programme, packaged under the Fiscal Governance and Institutions’ Project (FGIP), World Bank Assisted, she disclosed that, at inception, the implementation of IPPIS focused mainly on payroll not the HR component, given Government’s desire to block financial leakages in personnel cost occasioned by the infiltration of ghost workers into the Service.
She went on to explain that this created a gap leading to series of implementation issues.
“The Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation commenced activities towards the implementation of the Human Resource (HR) module of IPPIS to bridge some of the identified gaps,” she informed participants.
Yemi-Esan noted that the HR component of IPPIS is among the six major priority areas of the Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan 2021-2025 (FCSSIP-25), adding “I urge you to see this session and other laudable programmes supported by the World Bank towards ensuring and strengthening the implementation of the IPPIS-HR in the selected 40 MDAs, as a matter of national importance.”
She urged participants to concentrate on the presentations and transmit the outcome to their respective MDAs to ensure the institutionalisation of an IPPIS-HR that is reliable, credible and free from corrupted HR data.
Yemi-Esan acknowledged the support received from the World Bank, under the FGIP, towards ensuring the successful implementation of IPPIS.