The Federal Government has launched the Human Resource Modules of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), introducing a digital platform designed to automate staff postings, promotions, leave applications and other personnel processes across the Federal Civil Service.
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, said the platform represented a significant step in the government’s efforts to build a modern, efficient and technology-driven public service in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Speaking at the IPPIS Go-Live Ceremony in Abuja on Monday, Walson-Jack said the system would replace manual human resource processes with an integrated digital platform covering the entire employee lifecycle.
“We are not just unveiling a digital platform, but institutionalising a better way of managing our most important resource, which is our people, our employees,” she said.
According to the Head of Service, the platform will manage biometric enrolment, onboarding, payroll administration, employee mobility, human resource functions, reporting and data analytics for the 508 ministries, extra-ministerial departments and agencies currently enrolled on the IPPIS platform.
She said the system would eliminate manual influence over staff deployments through automated processes.
“Post me here, post me there. I want a juicy posting, no more. It is now digitalised,” Walson-Jack said, adding: “No more lobbying for posting.”
She said integrating personnel functions into a single platform would reduce duplication, improve record-keeping, minimise errors and delays, and strengthen transparency and accountability through automated approvals, standardised workflows and audit trails.
Walson-Jack added that the employee self-service module would allow civil servants to securely access and update their personal records, reducing paperwork and administrative bottlenecks.
“This is the true value of digital transformation. Simpler processes, faster services, better information and greater accountability. Technology must make the work of civil servants easier and strengthen the capacity of government to serve Nigerians,” she said.
She noted that the migration from the Oracle Electronic Business Suite to the new platform followed extensive testing and technical evaluations, adding that the software was developed entirely by Nigerians.
“Significantly, this solution was built by Nigerians for Nigerians,” she said, describing the initiative as a practical expression of the Nigeria First policy.
Walson-Jack urged ministries, departments and agencies to fully adopt the platform, stressing that the success of the reform would depend on users embracing the new system as well as the technology itself.
