E-SALARY AND OPINION ON INTEGRATED PERSONNEL AND PAYROLL INFORMATION SYSTEM OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AMONG EMPLOYEES OF FEDERAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN OYO METROPOLIS

Abstract

In 2006 the Federal Government of Nigeria mooted the idea of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), for the public service to improve the administration of monthly payroll to enhance staff confidence in the payroll system and eliminate fraud and directed all federal organisations to enroll or no salary. The system is driven by Information and Communication Technologies. Consequently, all federal government institutions enrolled on the IPPIS platform. Universities lecturers went on strike claiming that the IPPIS violates universities autonomy among other issues raised. However, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions enrolled since 2019. There have been series of complaints from employees in federal tertiary institutions about the IPPIS. Main objective of study is to ascertain, two years down the line what is the perception of the staff about IPPIS and have corrupt practices been eliminated from the payroll system? A survey of 309 staff of Federal College of Education (Special) and Federal School of Surveying both in Oyo metropolis was undertaken using Proportionate sampling technique. Findings reveal: that the staff have accepted IPPIS but do not believe it has eliminated sharp practices in payroll system, employees are no longer certain what is accruable as monthly salaries; Also issues that arise from salary now take longer process to be addressed. Study concludes that IPPIS has not addressed sharp employment practices by government organisations that create payroll issues leading to unaccountable high wage bills. Study recommends that the Federal government should address the issue of wanton employment by top government officials who also create ghost workers, review the IPPIS to accommodate peculiarities of tertiary educational institutions to achieve desired industrial harmony in higher education in Nigeria.