Over 500 staff of the ministry of labour and employment, said to have been illegally employed, have been sacked by the Federal Government.
The affected staff were said to have been employed into the ministry weeks before the 2019 general election — but without a waiver from the office of the head of the civil service of the federation.
According to an internal circular signed by Hussain AbdallahRahman, the director of human resource management at the ministry, the “illegal staff” were sacked due to the refusal of a committee to enroll the new employees into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) platform.
AbdallahRahman stated in the circular that the non-compliance with the directive of the head of civil service by the ministry of labour during the employment process was the main cause of the sack of the workers.
The circular also directed the affected workers to return all government properties in their care to their respective unit heads.
With reference to the letter from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Ref. No. NICSF/PS/CMO/IPPIS/S.2/VOLT dated 5th September 2022, on the above subject, I am directed to inform the under-listed persons that the Committee on Enrolment of New Employees into the IPPIS platform did not process their enrolment,” the circular reads.
“Furthermore, the recruitment exercise was carried out without waiver from its office.
“All affected persons are hereby requested to immediately return any government property or properties in their possession to the heads of department/unit.”
