The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing employment racketeering and gross mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by agencies of Government has directed that directed that the Nigerian Army, Navy, Airforce and the Police as well the intelligence agencies, among others, appear before it on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the Committee, Mr Yusuf Gagdi, who issued the directive during the continuation of the hearing, expressed displeasure over their absence even though they were duly invited.
Mr Gagdi said so far eighteen agencies have failed to honour the invitation of the committee, which include ten security agencies.
“The agencies that failed to honour the Committee’s invitation included the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, the Nigerian Communication Commission, the Nigerian Post Services, the Nigerian frequency management Council, Galaxy backbone, National Identity management Commission,.Nigerian Correctional Service, Nigeria Immigration Service, Fire Service, Nigerian Police Force, Defence Intelligence Agency, State Security Service, national Intelligence Agency, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Nigerian Army, Nigerian Airforce, Nigerian Navy must appear tomorrow since they have failed to appear today. This is the ruling of the committee.
At the hearing, the Accountant General of the Federation Mrs Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein, stated that her office is working hard to fish out ghost workers who existed in the system before the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
She however denied allegations that her office was engaging in the enrolment of ghost workers for personal gains, saying her office is working hard to address problems with the IPPIS.
The AGF added that only 640 out of over 900 agencies of the Federal Government were captured on the IPPIS.
The Director of the IPPIS, Emma Deko, accused some federal universities universities of sending more names than required to be captured on the system.
COV/IBRAHIM SHEHU
