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ICPC probes 3,657 civil servants over IPPIS

By Terhemba Daka, Abuja
22 July 2022   |   3:04 am
Some 3,657 civil servants are before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly failing to be verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Prof Bolaji Owasanoye.<br />Photo/FACEBOOK/inecnigeria

Some 3,657 civil servants are before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for allegedly failing to be verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Folashade Yemi-Esan, made the disclosure when she appeared at the ministerial media briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the State House, Abuja, yesterday.

She said 61,446 civil servants in the core Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) had been verified, adding that 1,618 applicants were found to have used illegal letters and 874 officers others have been suspended from the IPPIS platform.

Yemi-Esan submitted that about N180 million is being saved monthly basis and N2 billion yearly from IPPIS implementation.

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