FG Denies Asking Workers to Change Salary Accounts

By Aduragbemi Omiyale

The federal government has refuted claims that it has asked workers on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System Department (IPPIS) platform to change their salary accounts.

In a statement on Monday, the central government, through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), described the claims as false.

“No directive has been issued to workers to change the financial institutions registered on the IPPIS platform as their salary accounts,” a part of the statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Bawa Mokwa stated.

“The IPPIS Office gives utmost priority to the wellbeing of workers and, thus will not issue any directive that will mislead, misguide, or cause unnecessary panic to workers,” it added.

It was noted that whenever there is an application for a change of salary account, such is always a personal decision of the worker concerned and such directive has not been issued because “there was no reason to do so.”

The OAGF tasked financial institutions to implement necessary strategies to boost customers’ confidence and guarantee efficient fulfilment of their obligations to persons whose salaries are domiciled in such financial institutions and Nigerians in general.

According to the statement, there are agencies statutorily mandated to determine the health as well as the viability of financial institutions and expressed optimism that those agencies are up to their tasks.

“The office advised workers that may have genuine reasons to change their salary accounts on the IPPIS platform to follow the official procedures,” it concluded.