Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris in an
advertorial said University teachers will be captured on the
payroll between November 25 and December 7.
Repeated calls and WhatsApp messages to ASUU National President,
Prof Biodun Ogunyemi seeking to know if the Union would participate
in the IPPIS remained unanswered last night.
However, ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter, Prof. Deji
Omole, described the imposition of the IPPIS as breaking laws that
allow for university autonomy.
Omole said the Federal Government should negotiate with the
union to discuss the grey areas of the IPPIS policy instead of
issuing a directive.
He accused the government of im[posing the IPPIS on the
teachers. He described it as breaking laws that allow for
university autonomy.
Prof. Omole said: “The government’s pronouncement to forcefully
enroll university workers is an act of violence against the
university system. It is worrisome for a government under
democratic dispensation to resort to force rather than dialogue. If
not why is the government afraid of negotiations? We are not
perturbed by the directive. A government claiming to be fighting
corruption should not break the law.
“The university Autonomy Act is very clear on university
administrators. There is no greater corruption than those breaking
the law of the land. Breaking of existing laws with impunity is the
greatest corruption anywhere in the world. We refused to be
harassed or intimidated. We are not strangers in this country. We
are veritable stakeholders. We have told them what to do. Let the
government come back to negotiation table and let’s discuss the
grey areas. Forceful enlistment will not solve the problem. We are
not disturbed but we are worried; government is getting
dictatorial. A supposedly democratic government is getting
dictatorial.”
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