The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, has commenced the re-engineering of payroll processes underneath the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, to boost accountability, transparency and effectivity within the administration of personnel information and the Federal Government payroll.
In an announcement on Monday by the OAGF spokesperson, Bawa Mokwa, the Office said that, underneath the new association, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, as funds house owners, are required to imagine larger accountability for managing and accounting for their personnel budgets and nominal rolls.
Consequently, a strengthened validation course of has been launched for admitting newly recruited workers into the Federal Government payroll. Henceforth, no newly recruited worker shall be enrolled with out first being captured on the nominal roll of the related MDA and assembly all prescribed validation and eligibility necessities.
The Office additional defined that MDAs are required to formally submit requests for payroll admission to the OAGF, accompanied by related recruitment approvals, appointment letters, relevant waivers and different supporting paperwork. These paperwork, alongside worker information, wage constructions, grade ranges, steps, allowances and different monetary entitlements, will bear thorough verification.
The validation course of will even cowl statutory particulars, together with Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, info, pension identification numbers, National Housing Fund, NHF, registration and tax information, to make sure correct deductions and well timed remittances.
Following the preliminary validation by the OAGF, worker information will probably be forwarded to the related MDA for affirmation and endorsement by the Accounting Officer, Director of Human Resources, Director of Finance and Accounts, and designated Payroll Validating Officer earlier than being returned to the OAGF for closing processing.
Final admission into the Federal Government payroll will probably be topic to the passable completion of all validation procedures and approval by the Accountant-General of the Federation.
The Office has directed all Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Agencies and different related officers to make sure strict compliance with the new necessities. Any worker document with incomplete documentation or unresolved discrepancies will probably be deferred from payroll admission till all prescribed situations are fulfilled. Officers accountable for processing and approving payroll admissions will probably be held accountable for any breach of the relevant rules and rules.
The new directive takes quick impact and applies to all ongoing and subsequent payroll admission processes for newly recruited Federal Government workers.
