The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Teaching Hospital has dismissed allegations that the ongoing Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) biometric capture was manipulated to favor certain staff members.
Discovery of Illegal Employment Letter Sales
In a statement, the hospital’s Head of Public Relations, Tope Fayehun, revealed that preliminary investigations uncovered a criminal scheme where employment letters were being sold illegally. He insisted that no staff member received special treatment during the required verification process.
Fayehun stated that certain individuals have been fraudulently engaged in racketeering by selling and promising appointment letters and access to jobs within the institution. He described these actions as criminal and emphasized that the matter would be addressed.
Official IPPIS Capture Underway
Fayehun stressed that the only legal and approved biometric capture exercise is the one conducted by the IPPIS Directorate, which began yesterday. The statement read: “The management of FUTA Teaching Hospital is aware of recent malicious allegations circulating among hospital staff and others that the Chief Medical Director, Prof. Olusegun Ojo, has been conducting selective IPPIS biometric captures to favor certain individuals.”
“These claims are patent, and the lies are designed to damage the reputation of the CMD and the institution. The CMD has not authorized, instructed, or participated in any selective biometric capture activity before now and will not,” the statement added.
All biometric capturing under the Federal IPPIS system at the hospital is being conducted in accordance with federal guidelines and institutional procedures, under the supervision of authorized personnel. The management reiterated its commitment to transparency and warned against fraudulent activities.
