54,000 Fraudulent Payroll Entries Detected In IPPIS through Whistle Blowing Policy – NSA, Mongunu
President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over the maiden meeting of the presidential committee to review Nigeria’s National economic situation
Periscope Nigeria reports that National Policy Dialogue on Security and Corruption was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja.
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Speaking, during the meeting the National Security Adviser Babagana Mongunu said the implementation of the Treasury single account (TSA) in more than 90 percent of all ministries, departments and agencies of the federal government has resulted in the consolidation of more than 70,000 bank accounts previously, spread across deposit money banks in the country, leading to monthly saving of about 4 billion Naira in bank charges.
The NSA further disclosed that the expansion of coverage of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information system (IPPIS) against stiff opposition from some quarters and, “the deployment of the Bank Verification Number BVN to validate federal government stance on the IPPIS platform has led to the detection of almost 54,000 fraudulent payroll entries.”
According to him, the whistleblower policy has also facilitated the cleansing of IPPIS and TSA saving huge sums of money for the government, while the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption in the discharge of its mandate has also assisted anti corruption agencies to obtain forfeiture of assets.
