ABSTRACT
This research work tends to
examine the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in the
Nigerian civil service. This is a program introduced by the Federal Government
supported by the World Bank as one of the measures of Public Service Reform.
Prior to the introduction of this scheme Ministries, Departments and Agencies
(MDAs) do receive their recurrent costs on monthly basis as subvention. The
above arrangement gave room for the MDA’s to disburse money sent to them
whenever and however it pleases them. This therefore according to records led
to financial misconduct in the Nigerian civil service. The huge amount spent on
recurrent expenditure, if not monitored and cut down through appropriate government policy and reform program, Nigeria
may wake up one day to see that Government revenue is spent just in paying
salaries at the detriment of competing needs.
There is need for Nigerian
Government to provide accurate and correct number of civil servants under her
care and to an extent minimize budget estimate.
The researcher tried to answer
some questions on the reason why Government set up the IPPIS scheme. The
research is also poised to determining the extent to which the Government is
prepared towards actualizing of the IPPIS objectives. The research tried to
examine how safe and reliable the civil servants Personnel records are with
IPPIS program and the extent to which the program will help Government in
planning and budgeting.
In this research survey method was
used, in this case the researcher sourced data from both primary and secondary
sources. Questionnaire and Interview methods were used extensively.
It was found out from the research
that Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPIS) is generally one of the
offshoots of the civil service reform program to ensure transparency and
accountability in the Nigerian civil service. However, Government is not fully
technologically prepared for the program and there are some other challenges
that are facing the program, they are both human and material.
IPPIS if implemented properly and
honestly will minimize, if not eliminate fraud in the civil service of Nigeria,
and provide other benefits.
This research work is poised to
examine IPPIS program in Nigeria, finding out the possible challenges that are
likely to be encountered in the course of implementation of the program also
give some suggestions.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In Nigeria all the Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDA’s) draw their personnel cost from the Consolidated Revenue Fund
(CRF). The exert number of Personnel being paid in the Nation cannot be easily
ascertained due to non-availability of required and necessary information. As a
result of none availability of the exert number of Public servants in
the country, it has become difficult for government to have an accurate wage
data for planning and budgeting purpose. The Integrated Personnel and Payroll
Information System (IPPIS) project seeks to resolve this and also reduce the
Federal Government expenditure on Overheads. In 2007, the Federal Government of
Nigeria and the World Bank initiated Integrated Personnel and Payroll
Information System. The Goals set by the Federal Government include the
following:
- Implement an Integrated Solution
- Improve human management effectiveness
- Increase confidence in Govt. Payroll cost and
expenditure management.
- Significantly improve overall management reporting
and planning.
Amongst the objectives of the
reforms of Government is to entrench transparency and accountability in the
public service Human Resources (HR) records and payroll administration.
Successive Government has observed gross inadequacies in the payroll and
personnel records in the public service. Several efforts have been made to
reduce these challenges, but it tends to worsen with time, resulting to greater
difference in accessing
reliable data for human resources planning and management, chaotic state of
pension administration; ‘ghost worker’ syndrome and various forms of payroll
and credential fraud.
Manual computation of salary and
documentation of personnel information has been compounding the problem of
transparency and accountability. This also affects accuracy in computation of
salary hence overpayment or underpayment of salaries, omission of staff name in
payment, wrong calculation of promotion and pension that is due to staff and
Ex-staff as the case may be. With the introduction of the Integrated Personnel
and Payroll Information System scheme, if properly implemented and managed,
will go a long way in eradicating or at least bring the above mentioned
problems to the barest minimum.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Record showed that the Government
of Nigeria spends almost 50 to 60% of its revenue on Personnel management every
year at the detriment of other sectors of the Economy. According to the
Honourable minister of Finance, Mr Olusegun Aganga in his address at the flag
off of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System Phase II workshop
held at the Sharaton Hotels Abuja, he said that in 2011 Federal Government
Budget was projected at #4,226.19 billion, comprising #196.12 billion(4%) for
statutory transfers; #542.38 billion (13%) for Debt servicing; #2,481.71
billion (59%) for Recurrent (Non-debt) expenditure and #1,005.99 billion (24%)
for Capital expenditure. This huge bill it is said if not monitored and cut down through (appropriate government
policy and reform program, we may wake up one day to see that all Govt. revenue
is spent in paying salaries at the detriment of competing needs....
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