The Federal Government of Nigeria has denied directives issued to workers to change their salary accounts with the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), clarified on Monday that workers did not receive a directive to change their salary accounts.
The clarification follows concerns over potential directives that could require employees to change their bank accounts for salary payments, as some banks undergo system upgrades.
Chronicle NG reports that Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), said this in a statement.
The AGF said that the IPPIS office gives utmost priority to the well-being of workers and will not issue any directive that will mislead, misguide, or cause them unnecessary panic.
She said that whenever there was an application for a change of salary account, it was always a personal decision of the worker concerned.
“The IPPIS Office has not issued any general directive to this effect, as there is no reason to do so,” she stated.
The AGF urged financial institutions to implement necessary strategies to boost customers’ confidence and guarantee efficient fulfilment of their obligations to persons whose salaries are domiciled with them.
She asserts that certain agencies have statutory mandates to assess the health and viability of financial institutions.
She expressed optimism that those agencies were up to their tasks.
Madein advised workers that may have genuine reasons to change their salary accounts on the IPPIS platform to follow the official procedures.
