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AGF meets ASUU, SSANU, NATT Leadership over IPPIS
Platform
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris FCNA,
had enjoined the National Executive Members of ASUU, NASU, SSANU
and NATT to embrace coming on board the IPPIS as it is for the good
of the Nation.
The AGF who was represented by the Director IPPIS Mr. Olugbenga
Olufehinti at the interactive meeting with the Union Executives
explained that the essence of the meeting was to seek the
cooperation of stakeholders to achieve a seamless enrolment in
compliance with the presidential directive which is geared toward
transparency and accountability for good governance.
He buttressed his point by bringing to the notice of the
stakeholders that IPPIS has the capacity to accommodate over two
million of Federal Government employees and flexible enough to
accommodate all peculiarities as the case may be of Universities.
Stating that it is already in the public domain the fact that IPPIS
presently has a current staff count of 755, 422 from 561 MDAs as
against 235,858 in 2015.
According to the AGF, the tremendous increase in enrolment, has
created a cumulative savings of over N273,809,842,071.99 (Two
Hundred and Seventy-Three Billion, Eight Hundred and Nine Million
Eight Hundred and Forty -Two Thousand, Seventy-One Naira,
Ninety-Nine Kobo) on IPPIS platform between 2017 and 2018 which
would have been lost but now available for Government to deploy to
other uses.
The AGF further explained that it is worth mentioning that the
centralized payroll will be prepared by the individual University
but coordinated by IPPIS while the total management of the human
resources rest squarely with the Universities. This will not in any
way compromise the autonomy of the Universities.
Similarly, all deductions such as PAYE, NHF, NHIS, Check-off
dues etc. deducted from staff salaries are remitted to appropriate
accounts as at when due and in addition, the Unions stand to gain
more as the System is transparently run.
According to the AGF, It is his believe that the University
community being the bedrock of Knowledge, Centre of reforms that
always strive for probity, transparency and accountability for good
governance will
help in bringing to bear all these rare qualities in the
implementation of IPPIS. He further added that the centralized
payroll will be prepared by the individual University but
coordinated by IPPIS while the total management of the human
resources rest squarely with the Universities, assuring the unions
that they will not compromise the autonomy of the Universities.
Mr. Ahmed through the Director concluded by urging all involved
to ask relevant questions from the drivers of the scheme which
would be gladly answered as well as have an open mind towards the
course as the engagement continues.
Also speaking, the Executive Secretary of National Universities
Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed told Union members that
the issue of tax would be uniform across the country, adding that
all the Universities would negotiate their taxes by themselves.
Ojo A. Olubunmi
P. I.O
for: DD/Head Press & Public Relations (OAGF).