Over 500 illegal staff of the federal ministry of labour and employment were relieved off their duty by the federal government, Truth News Live understand.
According to source within the ministry, the sacked employees were said to have been employed into the ministry weeks before the 2019 general election, but without a waiver from the office of the head of the civil service of the federation.
In an internal circular made available to Truth News Live and signed by Hussain AbdallahRahman, the director of human resource management, the “illegal staff” were sacked due to the refusal of a committee to enroll the new employees into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) platform.
The IPPIS is a platform under the office of the accountant-general of the federation responsible for the payment of salaries and wages directly to government employees’ bank accounts with appropriate deductions and remittances of third-party payments.
AbdallahRahman stated in the circular that the non-compliance with the directive of the head of civil service by the ministry of labour during the employment process was the main cause of the sack of the workers.
The circular also directed the affected workers to return all government properties in their care to their respective unit heads.
“With reference to the letter from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Ref. No. NICSF/PS/CMO/IPPIS/S.2/VOLT dated 5th September 2022, on the above subject, I am directed to inform the under-listed persons that the Committee on Enrolment of New Employees into the IPPIS platform did not process their enrolment,” the circular reads.
“Furthermore, the recruitment exercise was carried out without waiver from its office.
“All affected persons are hereby requested to immediately return any government property or properties in their possession to the heads of department/unit.”