By Chioma Onuegbu

Uyo—STAFF of federal establishments in Akwa Ibom State have lamented the non-payment of their salaries, following alleged system failure of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.

The development was said to have led to over-payment and short-payment of some staff for upwards of three months from January 2012.

The affected staff told newsmen in Uyo, yesterday said that they were surprised they were yet to be paid the omitted salaries, even though the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, had assured them the lapses would be rectified before May 2012.

The workers noted that with the proposed merger of agencies, it will be more difficult for the salaries to be paid, adding that they fear that they could lose their salaries to another scam akin to the infamous pension scam if nothing was done immediately to address the issue.

One of the workers, who spoke on the ground of anonymity, said they were given the assurance that the unpaid salaries would be included in the 2013 budget, lamenting that nothing had been done since then. He appealed to relevant offices to look into their plight.