Meaning Of IPPIS

IPPIS stands for Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system. To improve the effectiveness and efficiency in the storage of personnel records and administration of monthly payroll in such a way as to increase confidence in staff emolument costs and budgeting, the federal government of Nigeria introduced the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in October 2006.

Meaning Of IPPIS

Additionally, it was intended for the System's implementation to follow the best practices seen in other regions of the world where Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is applied to enhance management reporting. After receiving permission from the Federal Executive Council, the World Bank's Pilot Phase implementation at the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) began in February 2006. (FEC). The project went live in April 2007 with seven Pilot MDAs, but in October 2008, management of the initiative was handed over to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF).

The Pilot MDAs are:

• Federal Ministry of Education
• Federal Ministry of Transportation (Works arm)
• Federal Ministry of Finance
• Budget Office of the Federation
• Federal Ministry of Information
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• National Planning Commission

The nominal rolls of the Seven Pilot MDAs submitted before their registration indicated 55,000 workers; as a result, the World Bank paid for fifty-five thousand (55,000) licenses. However, it was revealed once they were enrolled in the Scheme that they had a total staff of 32,000, therefore additional eleven (11) MDAs were added in July 2009 to maximize the 55,000 licenses obtained. The MDA's that later joined are:

• Federal Ministry of Transport
• Federal Ministry of Health
• Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources
• Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources
• Federal Civil Service Commission
• Federal Ministry of Works (Housing & Urban Development)
• Federal Ministry of Information (Communication)
• Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation
• Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation
• Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation

The Federal Executive Council approved on Wednesday, December 1, 2010, the enrollment of all MDAs that deduct their personnel costs from the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System after seeing the advantages of the Scheme, particularly in the area of savings to the government (IPPIS). The Federal Government of Nigeria is funding the Phase II Service-wide rollout, which began in phases in September 2011 on the foundation of new software called Oracle Application. With a combined staff strength of nearly 700,000 workers as of April 2018, 490 MDAs (including the Nigeria Police and Other Paramilitary Agencies) were registered with IPPIS.

Meaning Of IPPIS

The goal, according to senior government employees, was to support the administration's dedication to excellent service delivery. In his words: "Our primary goal is to pay accurately and promptly following contractual and statutory requirements. We strive to offer a customer-focused payroll solution that makes the most of technology." There were 696 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAS) using the IPPIS platform as of June 2020. Across the 696 MDAs, the department is in charge of processing and disbursing salaries to more than one million employees of the federal government (1,139,633). As a payment system, IPPIS aims to have all MDAs of the federal government that receive personnel cost funding from the consolidated revenue fund registered on the platform. The department has saved the federal government billions of Naira since the IPPIS project's beginning in April 2007 by getting rid of thousands of ghost employees.

ABOUT IPPIS

The National Housing Fund, the National Health Insurance Scheme, the Pension Fund Administrator, Cooperative Societies, Trade Union Dues, Association Dues, and other third-party payments are all handled by the IPPIS Secretariat, a department under the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, which is also in charge of paying salaries and wages directly into the bank accounts of government employees. According to the information available on the IPPIS website, the scheme is committed to efficient and effective service delivery. The main aim is to pay accurately and on time within statutory and contractual regulations. The scheme aims to provide a payroll service that is customer focused and that utilizes technology wherever possible.

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