From Victor Osula, Abuja
The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mrs Oluwatoyin Madein, has said that no directive was issued to workers to change their salary accounts.
Madein made the clarification while reacting to viral news that workers had been asked to change particular financial institutions registered on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform as their salary accounts.
The AGF in a statement issued by Bawa Mokwa, Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), said the IPPIS office gives utmost priority to the well-being of workers, and will not issue any directive that will mislead, misguide, or cause them unnecessary panic.
“The IPPIS Office has not issued any general directive to this effect as there is no reason to do so”, she said.
Madein tasked financial institutions to implement necessary strategies to boost customers’ confidence and guarantee efficient fulfilment of their obligations to persons whose salaries are domiciled with them.
According to her, there are agencies that are statutorily mandated to determine the health and viability of financial institutions. She expressed optimism that those agencies were up to their tasks.
Madein advised workers who may have genuine reasons to change their salary accounts on the IPPIS platform to follow the official procedures.
