From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja

A total of 3,657 civil servants have been dragged before the Independent and Corrupt Practices and Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for prosecution for failing to get verified on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).

Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Folashade Yemi-Esan, who disclosed this also said 61,446 civil servants in the core Ministries, Departments and Agencuea (MDAs) have now been verified in the scheme.

She stated this  while featuring on the ministerial media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

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Yemi-Esan said another 1,618 applicants were found to have used illegal or fake letters, while 874 officers have been suspended from IPPIS platform.

She said the implementation of IPPIS had led to the monthly savings of about N180 million, while about N2 billion was saved annually.

The Head of Service assured that the payment platform could accommodate the salaries of university lecturers, though they have  rejected it in preference for University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) which is yet to pass relevant integrity tests.