BY EDMOND ODOK – The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has denied directing workers to change the financial institutions registered on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System(IPPIS) platform as their salary accounts.
According to the OAGF, contrary to insinuations in some quarters, there is no reason to issue any directive that will mislead, misguide or cause unnecessary panic to workers
This is the OAGF tasked financial institutions to implement necessary strategies aimed st boosting customers’ confidence and guaranteeing efficient fulfillment of their obligations to persons whose salaries are domiciled in such financial institutions and Nigerians in general.
A statement by Bawa Mokwa, OAGF’s Director of Press and Public Relations, said the IPPIS Office gives utmost priority to the well-being of workers, adding that an application for change of salary account is always a personal decision of the worker concerned.
Noting that there are Agencies of government statutorily mandated to determine the health as well as viability of financial institutions, the OAGF expressed optimism that such relevant Agencies are equal to their tasks of ensuring the safety and security of the nation’s financial sector.
The Office advised workers that may have genuine reasons to change their salary accounts on the IPPIS platform to follow the official procedures and do the needful without raising unnecessary alarm.
