Coordinating Minister for the Economy (CME) and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in the ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government has so far led to the discovery of 46,821 ghost workers and saved the nation N118.9 billion.
This is even as the Coordinating Minister for the Economy (CME) and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has attributed the low revenue by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to the federal government’s deliberate policy to cut down on the importation of rice and other staple food items with a view to boosting local production.
She also declared that contrary to misconceptions in some quarters, a higher growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the fulcrum on which inclusive growth in economy revolves.
Okonjo-Iweala, who presented her ministry’s scorecard alongside her Minister of State counterpart, Dr. Yerima Ngama, at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, Monday, said IPPIS had enhanced efficient personnel cost planning and budgeting.
She added that personnel cost is now based on actual verified numbers and not estimates.
She explained that 215 MDAs, with a total workforce of 153,019 staff, were on IPPIS as at January 2013, and 46,821 of them where discovered to be ghost workers. This is a slight rise in the figure of ghost workers in the Federal Civil Service which stood at 43,000 as at 2011. She said the discovery of the ghost workers led to the savings of N118.9 billion from the wage bill, while work is ongoing to bring in other 321 MDAs not yet on the IPPIS to the platform.
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