The Federal Government-backed Integration Personnel and Payroll Information System has, so far, exposed and eliminated about 70,000 ghost workers in the civil service system, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi, revealed on Thursday.
The Federal Government says it has so far saved about N10 trillion in the years that the Single Treasury Account (TSA) has been in operation.
The Director-General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms, Dr Dasuki Arabi, stated this while appearing at the 43rd Session of the ministerial media briefing organized by the Presidential Media Team at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Arabi said, “With the introduction of IPPIS, about 70,000 ghost workers have been eliminated from the payroll. We have a one-shot opportunity to look at IPPIS and say, as of today, we have 720,000 public servants working for Nigeria.
He gave key updates on the performance of the Bureau in the execution of its core mandate particularly in ensuring the full implementation of reform policies and programmes for the government.
He also talked about the gains of the introduction of the Integration Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
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