In a renewed push to eliminate ghost workers, the Nigerian government has mandated all federal civil servants to complete their identity verification by February 17, 2025.
The directive, issued by the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), requires employees to verify their identities via the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). As part of the process, civil servants must submit their Tax Identification Number (TIN), IPPIS number, and salary account details.
Initially scheduled to close earlier, the verification portal’s deadline has now been extended by one week, running from February 10 to February 17, 2025. Employees who fail to comply by the deadline risk salary suspension and other penalties.
The memo from the OAGF underscores the urgency of the exercise, warning that “officers who fail to avail themselves of this last opportunity may suffer consequences, including suspension from the payroll.” Accounting officers and finance heads across Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) have been instructed to ensure full compliance.
This verification drive aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s 2024 directive to recover salaries illegally collected by civil servants who relocated abroad while still receiving government paychecks. The president also ordered penalties for supervisors and department heads complicit in payroll fraud.
This initiative highlights the federal government’s commitment to sanitizing the public workforce and curbing financial leakages in civil service operations.
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