The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Oluwatoyin Madein, has urged the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) service to resolve challenges in the payroll platform permanently.

A statement by Bawa Mokwa, the spokesperson for OAGF, said Ms Madein made the call at a meeting with IPPIS service providers in Abuja.

She said the Office of the OAGF had initiated engagement with the service providers and other stakeholders as part of strategies to find permanent solutions to challenges in the operations of IPPIS.

The OAGF had blamed technical glitches in its payment platforms for the delay in the payment of June salaries of federal civil servants.

Ms Madein described the glitches as worrisome, stressing that it is imperative to entrench efficiency in the operations of the payroll system to justify the government’s huge investment in the project.

“The OAGF is determined to consolidate on the gains of the IPPIS and will work assiduously to maintain an efficient and trustworthy payroll system for the country.

“We have taken notice of the challenges in IPPIS, and we will do everything possible, not only to resolve them but to forestall future occurrence,” the AGF said.

She reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to IPPIS, adding that there was no going back to the analogue payroll system.

Ms Madein called for continuous interaction and collaboration between stakeholders in IPPIS.

She also constituted a technical committee comprising officers from the OAGF and the IPPIS service providers to find ways of avoiding future technical glitches that could delay the payment of salaries.

(NAN)