Verification exercise will solve payroll, personnel mgt challenges Ekiti HOS

The Head of Service of Ekiti State, Dr Olugbenga Faseluka, has said that the ongoing verification exercise embarked upon by the government would not only address some of the challenges being faced in the area of workers’ salaries, but also help in the management of personnel
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Speaking in Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday, shortly after doing his own verification, the Head of Service said the government targeted an integrated payroll and personnel information system (IPPIS) that transcends the biometrics payroll currently used by it.
According to O’Seun Ogunsakin, the Press officer, Dr Faseluka said the ongoing exercise, which will be used for the payment of April salary, will capture complete information about the career history of every officer so that it can aid efficiency in personnel management.
He added that it would also assist those who are in charge of human resources management as well as discipline of staff and pension among others.
” What we are having this time around transcends what we used to have which had concentrated on the payroll. This time, we are capturing personnel information of the officers, so invariably; our target is to have an integrated payroll and personnel information system that will capture every career record of our officers. We are hopeful that we are migrating to that level. The simple meaning of the IPPIS is that there will be complete information about the career history of every officer; this will help those in human resource management, in personnel planning, which will aid efficiency in personnel administration. So issues of promotion, career progression, discipline of staff and exit of staff, pension,” he said.
The Head of Service who was verified at the Political and Economic Department of the Governor’s office, at about 4:25 p.m., expressed satisfaction with the cooperation and attendance of workers; saying that government wanted a system that would be owned by the workforce.
He said no major hiccups have been reported, except minor challenges which could be surmounted using administrative expertise after the exercise.

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