By Chika Otuchikere
The Federal Government said it has completed the payment of the April 2020 salaries of Armed Forces personnel in the country.
This was made known in a statement on Sunday by the Director of Information Press and Public Relations of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Mr Henshaw Ogubike.
According to Ogubike, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) Department in the OAGF confirmed that as at Friday 8th May, 2020, the Armed Forces personnel had been paid.
The IPPIS Office said the delay in the salary payment was due to the unexpected lockdown in the country which led to late submission of variations by the Agencies concerned and the need to accommodate their inputs in the April payroll accordingly.
IPPIS said: “This explanation became necessary in view of a newspaper report which alleged that the April 2020 salaries of military and paramilitary personnel were delayed as a result of incapability and inexperience of the operators of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
“The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) had given assurance that the salaries would be paid between 4th and 8th May, 2020. This was promptly carried out.
“Suffice it to state that staff of the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) are competent professionals who have demonstrated the will and capacity to get the job done in line with the presidential directives, despite distractions and opposition from some quarters whose objectives is to sabotage the government policy that has saved the nation over N361 billion”.
