FG ends manual civil service postings, promotions, launches digital HR platform

By Nnasom David The Federal Government has launched the Human Resource (HR) Modules of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), introducing a fully digital platform 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 (HOCSF), Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, said the platform marks a major milestone 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 on Monday at the IPPIS Go-Live Ceremony in Abuja, Walson-Jack described the initiative as more than a digital platform, saying it represents a new approach to managing the Federal Government’s workforce. “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 her, the new system replaces manual human resource processes with an integrated digital platform covering the entire employee lifecycle.

She explained that the HR modules support biometric enrolment, onboarding, payroll administration, employee mobility, human resource management, reporting and data analytics across the 508 ministries, departments and agencies currently captured under IPPIS. Walson-Jack said the era of lobbying for favourable staff postings had come to an end, stressing that deployments would now be handled digitally. “No more lobbying for posting.” She noted that integrating personnel functions into a single platform would eliminate duplication, improve record management, reduce errors and delays, while promoting transparency through automated approvals, standardised workflows and reliable audit trails.

The Head of Service added that the employee self-service module would enable civil servants to securely access and update their 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.