In the middle of the scheduled pay stoppage and punishments for ghost workers, federal civil servants have until July 31, 2024, to authenticate their identities on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System portal.
According to information obtained by our correspondent, federal employees are scurrying to obtain their Taxpayers Identification Number at Federal Inland Revenue Services locations across the country. The TIN, in addition to the payroll account number and IPPIS number, is a prerequisite for verification. President Bola Tinubu had ordered that all government employees receiving salary after moving outside be required to repay the money.
The President further ordered the department heads and supervisors of the offenders to face consequences for their complicity in the fraud during their tenure. "I stayed up to date on the week's events when I was recently in South Africa.
The information disclosed by the Head of Civil Service about workers who had moved overseas and continued to receive their pay without formally resigning particularly affected me.
"The fact that steps are being taken to address this issue is encouraging, but we need to make sure that those who are at fault are held accountable and that compensation is given." "The money that the offenders have wrongfully amassed must be returned.
Tinubu had said, "Their department heads and supervisors must also be punished for aiding and abetting the fraud under their watch." said Tinubu
A senior civil servant, who confided in our correspondent in Abuja over the weekend, noted that civil servants were struggling to meet the July 31 deadline for verification.
“The deadline for the verification is July 31, so we have tons of civil servants in Ilorin here who are trying to ensure that they register before the deadline. In fact, I have just been able to get my TIN after several attempts to get it online failed.”
Another civil servant said, “Yes, the deadline is July 31,”
When asked if civil servants were struggling to get their verification done, he said, “Of course, in previous years, those who failed had their salaries stopped, no one wants to risk anything.”
Recall that following the President’s directive, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation had unveiled a portal for civil servants’ verification
“The deadline for the verification is July 31, so we have tons of civil servants in Ilorin here who are trying to ensure that they register before the deadline. In fact, I have just been able to get my TIN after several attempts to get it online failed.”
Another civil servant said, “Yes, the deadline is July 31,”
When asked if civil servants were struggling to get their verification done, he said, “Of course, in previous years, those who failed had their salaries stopped, no one wants to risk anything.”
Recall that following the President’s directive, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation had unveiled a portal for civil servants’ verification
Over the weekend, a top federal servant confided in our correspondent in Abuja that he was having difficulty getting civil servants to make the deadline for verification of July 31
. "There are a lot of civil servants in Ilorin who are attempting to make sure that they register before the deadline because the verification is due on July 31.
In actuality, I've only recently been able to obtain my TIN after multiple internet attempts to do so failed. As another civil servant put it, "Yes, July 31 is the deadline." "Of course, in previous years, those who failed had their salaries stopped; no one wants to risk anything," he responded when asked if federal servants were having trouble completing their verification. Remember that once
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