The House of Representatives has demanded an investigation into the mismanagement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) amidst non-payment of salaries to some civil servants.
The House also called for the investigation of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government including Tertiary Institutions over mismanagement of personnel recruitment, employment and racketeering.
This followed the adoption of a motion by a member from Osun state Oluwole Oke, at the plenary.
Mr Oke expressed that some civil servants are yet to receive their June Salaries, which include Radio Nigeria, News Agency of Nigeria and National Population Commission among others.
He said unconfirmed reports suggested that the delay was sequel to the claim that there was no money for payment of June Salaries to all federal civil servants.
The lawmaker said the investigation underscored the essence and the importance of managing the process of recruitment and payment of civil servants and public officers.
Oke explained that the process of recruiting and employment into the civil service had become one that was fraught with endemic corruption, adding that public Institutions had since stopped the process of advertising for jobs and vacancies.
According to him, even in the few instances where adverts are published, the slots were already made into a commodity for the highest bidders.
This according to him necessitated the introduction of IPPIS to help fish out the large number of ghost workers.
He added that in spite of this, some MDAs in collusion with the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning have devised methods to insert ghost workers and get payments through back-door channels.
He said if urgent steps were not taken to investigate these challenges, the morale of most civil servants would be completely dampened and the Federal Government would continue to lose billions in monthly payments to ghost workers and illegal payment
Adopting the motion, the House therefore resolved to set up an ad hoc Committee to investigate the various MDAS, Parastatals, and Tertiary Institutions concerning the above issues and report back within four weeks.
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