EFFECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL INFORMATION SYSTEM (IPPIS) POLICY ON SALARY ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SERVICE.

The issue of accountability, transparency, and probity, and budget implementation are at the heart of developmental problems of the economy. The integratedpersonnel andpayroll information system (IPPIS) is one of the strategies taken by the federal government to digitalize the manual based and files system marred with cormption, inefficiency and inaccuracy ofnumber ofpersonnel on the civil service of Nigeria. The lack ofdigital based system means that the federal government has no accurate and reliable number of personnel in the civil service and consequently, inaccurate and problematic budgeting in terms ofrecurrent expenditures in Nigeria. The paper has examined the IPPIS policy and personnel administration in Nigerian public service. Furthermore, it evaluates the effect ofthe policy on personnel administration in the office of the Accountant general offederation (OAGF). The paper utilized primary and secondary sources of data to elicit the information ofpublic servants. The study population consists of (330) workers in the office. Interviews were conducted with the staff of IPPIS unit to ascertain the challenges facing effective implementation of IPPIS, as well as detecting ghost workers on salary administration in (OAGF). It recommended that, Government should ensure whenever an employee resigns, or appointed terminated, or dem ised their records should be properly updated.