The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has uncovered 22,074 suspicious personnel listed on the Federal Government’s payroll, despite the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) Continue Reading…
The commission’s investigation revealed that the government disbursed N37,103,337,614.40 to these questionable employees last year. These personnel were spread across various Ministries, Departments, Agencies (MDAs), tertiary institutions, and notably, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), which was allegedly the most implicated. Within the MDAs, 12,714 personnel were listed on the payroll but were not included in the service-wide nominal roll for the entire year. The financial impact of these personnel was estimated at N34,808,740,634.37.
Additionally, around 4,190 former police officers were discovered on the IPPIS payroll. These findings were part of a comprehensive review of the IPPIS conducted by the ICPC as part of an anti-corruption assessment initiated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration Continue Reading…
Investigators revealed that the IPPIS system has been subjected to tampering, manipulation, and alleged padding with ghost workers or suspicious personnel. Numerous instances of fraud have been identified in the payrolls of the MDAs and the NPF, including double salary payments, the inclusion of fictitious names, the use of fake identities to embezzle public funds, the operation of multiple IPPIS accounts, and the presence of ghost workers.
For instance, approximately 95 personnel across various MDAs were found to have discrepancies between the names listed on both the payroll and the nominal roll when their identities were verified through banking applications. Among these 95 suspicious beneficiaries, eight share the same family name, and one individual is linked to two different IPPIS accounts.
Moreover, 24 workers from approximately 20 MDAs were reportedly receiving double salaries from their respective agencies, and in some cases, from additional sources. At the Ministry of Works, 212 officers listed on the IPPIS payroll, with a combined monthly salary of N31,986,324.40, were found to be absent from both the ministry’s nominal roll and the service-wide nominal roll of IPPIS.
The commission noted a significant disparity of 12,174 personnel between the nominal roll and payroll of MDAs, with the financial impact of these individuals amounting to N34,808,740,634.37 for the year under review.
The report also highlighted that the fraud was allegedly more entrenched in the Nigeria Police Force, with thousands of ex-employees found on the payroll. The analysis of the NPF payroll, focusing on December 2023, revealed that 37,160 staff were described as “ex-employees” on the nominal roll, yet 4,190 of them received December 2023 salaries totaling N980,273,690.51. Further investigations revealed inconsistencies in the names, IPPIS numbers, and account numbers of many of these personnel.
In some cases, an account number linked to two officers was found to be registered under the name of a company, Don Aks Ikoro Global, with mismatches between the account name and the names on the nominal and payroll records.
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