Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja
The federal government has cleared 9,732 workers in the core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) whose salaries were suspended following discrepancies in their records to be paid their by the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
The clarification was issued yesterday in a statement by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF).
The statement was signed by the Director, Communications Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mohammad Ahmed.
He said the workers were cleared after their records were verified on the Human Resource Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) platform for all civil servants in the core MDAs.
However, he noted that 686 officers, whose salaries were suspended did not show up for the verification exercise and their salaries remain suspended on the IPPIS platform.
He said that 818 officers were cleared in September, 650 in October, 6,857 in November and 1407 in December, 2023 .
The office of the Head of Service added that some of the officials had received their salaries to date, while others would be paid all their arrears this month.
Ahmed stated that the 9,732 officers were among the 11,447 officers, affected by the moratorium placed on their salaries following non-verification of their records.
He added that the files of 1,029 persons who had discrepancies in their records were still being expected from their MDAs to enable the office authenticate their records after which their salaries would be restored.
“On account of the suspension, the verification portal was reopened for these officers to enable them update their records online.
“Thereafter, they were invited for verification exercise from 16th–27th October, 2023. A total number of 10,761 officers participated in the physical verification exercise.
“After the verification exercise, the review of verified records was carried out, in phases, to ensure that only credible records were on the IPPIS platform, ” Ahmed said
He noted that till date, the records of 59,201 civil servants, who participated fully in the verification exercise and had no discrepancies in their records had been forwarded to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation for continuous payment of their salaries.
