The head of civil service of the federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan, says the federal government has uncovered 1,618 civil servants with fake employment letters.
She disclosed that the government was working towards an upward review of the duty tour allowances of civil servants.
Speaking with selected journalists ahead of the 2023 civil servants week, the head of civil service noted that a committee was working towards salary harmonization in the civil service.
“The presidential committee on salary harmonization is working to review salaries to reduce the disparity. Earlier, 40 per cent of the basic salary approved by FEC as a peculiar allowance with effect from January 2023. Also, we are working towards upward review of staff duty tour allowance,” she said.
On the issue of insurance, Yemi-Esan noted that the federal government will pay a backlog of death benefits to over 1500 deceased officers to their beneficiaries from 2021 to date.
On the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) she explained: “Consequent upon the identified loopholes in the IPPIS, the office introduced control mechanisms. Notable among others was the inauguration of a committee on enrolment of newly recruited civil servants on the 1st of March, 2021.
“This and other initiatives in accelerating the roll-out of the HR module of the IPPIS has brought about the following: detection of 1,618 fake/illegal employment letters; continuous suspension of officers from IPPIS platform for not uploading their records; verification of 69,854 officers across the core MDAs in FCT and the six (6) geo-political zones.”
Meanwhile, Politics Nigeria reported that the accountant general of the federation, Oluwatoyin Madein, on Tuesday noted that there won’t be a delay in payment of July salaries for civil servants.
