ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF UNIVERSITIES STOPS MEMBERS PARTICIPATION IN INTEGRATED PAYMENT AND PERSONNEL INFORMATION SYSTEM

The union therefore called on her members not to submit themselves to be enrolled into slave plan of the Accountant General whose office stinks with corruption, explaining that the Union’s leadership was still in discussion with the federal government and helping the government to develop more robust template.

 ‘The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as an academic understands this peculiarities and had benefitted immensely from the peculiarities’,Omole emphasized, and also  declared that  no  member of the union should appear before the Accountant General team until further directive of the Union.

Penpushing further reports that, Omole noted that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) supports fight against corrupt, but it will resist attempt by government to trample on existing University autonomy Act.

“ASUU urged members to remain steadfast and stand firm to protect public universities by not filling any form or submit their bio-data for enrollment into the IPPIS”, the Chairman stressed

Penpushing also reports that, the Office of Accountant General of the Federation through a newspaper advert had said it will dispatch her staff to Universities from 25th November 2019 for enrollment of staff into the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), however described the proposed   Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS),  as a scam and offered to design a template that will accommodate university peculiarities.

Penpushing also reports that, the union says it is not opposed to the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)  but the current template will undermine the uniqueness of university academic and the autonomy.

“This is to remind you that the Union’s position on IPPIS has not changed. Pending the resolution of the matter evidence, of which shall be communicated to all members of our Union, no member of the union  to enlist on the platform. NEC position on the matter has not been reviewed, therefore no ASUU member is to fill the form or submit their bio-data before any team’.

“We are not slaves that can be subjected to routine humiliation from the office of the accountant general. No nation has ever developed or survived through the humiliation of her intellectuals. United we bargain, divided we beg.”