The deactivation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System for Federal Tertiary Institutions has been verified by the Federation’s Office of the Accountant General.

This comes after these institutions were kicked off the IPPIS platform by the Federal Government.

In an interview with The Nation, Bawa Mokwa, the OAGF’s Director of Press and Public Relations, disclosed this.

“Given the Federal Government’s directive to remove these institutions from the system, it was only natural for the IPPIS platform for FTIs to be shut down,” Mokwa said.

For FTIs, he noted, the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) will be used to handle November wages.

Payrolls must be prepared in Excel format by the institutions and sent to IPPIS for validation and certification.

The OAGF confirmed that it has not issued any directives directing employees to switch the financial institutions associated with their IPPIS accounts in response to worries over potential changes to salary account data.

Additionally, Mokwa underlined that the welfare of the workforce is still of utmost importance and promised that no directives that are deceptive or frightening will be issued.

He clarified that each employee’s choice to switch salary accounts is completely their own, and the IPPIS office has no say in the matter.

The Treasury, commonly known as the OAGF, called on financial institutions to improve their offerings and guarantee efficient administration of the accounts that house employee wages.

It conveyed faith in the competence of regulatory bodies to carry out their responsibilities and monitor the stability and health of financial institutions.

In order to guarantee a seamless transfer free from payroll interruptions, employees having good cause to switch their salary accounts were encouraged to adhere to the formal protocols supplied by the OAGF.