291,000 policemen on Fed Govt’s payroll

NO fewer than 291,000 police personnel are now captured under Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) being managed by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF).

The incorporation of the police personnel, after years of resistant, has resulted in huge savings for the government, which otherwise would have been paid to ghost police officers.

Figures shown to The Nation over the weekend indicate that “the number of Ministries, Departments & Agencies (MDAs) on IPPIS platform as of March 20, 2018 and on Federal Government pay roll is now 469, translating to 316,158 staff count and gross salary of N43,979,383,997.78.”

It was learnt that “the net pay of 42 police commands and formations paid via IPPIS platform in February 2018 with staff count of 291,685 translated to gross salary of N22.2 billion”.

According to the source, “the N68 billion saved last year may have come from police personnel cost. This is despite the increase in the number of personnel of police, including the 10, 000 newly recruited, the total pay still dropped drastically.”

Giving the success recorded by inclusion of the police into the IPPIS programme, the source was optimistic that the military and other para- military agencies such as the Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Prison Service and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, many of whom are still resisting the IPPIS, will be brought in and the number of those on government payroll enrollment will increase.

The police vehemently resisted initial effort to get their personnel into the IPPIS.

Last year, the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, confirmed to the Inspector General that “the police had been fully integrated  into the TSA  and are currently being enrolled on the IPPIS platform, which would help to effectively manage the wage burden of the government”.

 

 

 

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