Federal civil servants in Nigeria who fail to verify their details or enlist their information in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System will have their salaries suspended from November 2023, according to reliable sources.
According to The PUNCH, the decision comes after a grace period of one month was granted by the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
Sources have revealed that the office of the Accountant General of the Federation already temporarily suspended the salaries of non-compliant civil servants for the month of August 2023.
A highly authoritative source, requesting anonymity, stated, “A grace period was given, and the deadline ends by October 27, 2023. Anyone who fails to make use of this opportunity will have themselves to blame as their salaries will be suspended from October end. This means no salaries from this month.”
A senior official in the civil service corroborated this information and provided a letter issued by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation dated October 3, 2023. The letter, addressed to all Permanent Secretaries, outlined the background of the verification exercise and its importance.
The letter stated, “At the end of the exercise, the Accountant General of the Federation was directed to payroll only civil servants whose records had been verified and uploaded on the IPPIS portal. It is regrettable to observe that some civil servants failed to take part in the exercise or neglected to complete it, leading to the suspension of their salaries.”
The letter provided details for the registration process, stating, “The portal – [https://verification.jopis.gov.ng](https://verification.jopis.gov.ng) – will be open for the officers from Tuesday, 3rd to Tuesday, 10th October 2023. Thereafter, the physical verification will hold from Monday, 16th to Friday, 27th October 2023 at the Public Service Institute of Nigeria, Kubwa Expressway, Abuja. The exercise will take place between 10 am and 4 pm on each of the days.”
It concluded by emphasizing, “All concerned officers are to note that this is the last opportunity for the exercise.”
