IPPIS: ASUU Remains Adamant……..Directs Members Not To Enroll In IPPIS

The Leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) on Sunday directed its members to disregard the purported
circular from the Office of the Accountant General of the
Federation to enroll academic staff on the Integrated Payment and
Personnel Information System (IPPIS) from Monday.

ASUU stated that the same Accountant General of the Federation
had challenged the Union to develop a template that accommodates
the peculiarities of academic staff and present same to it.

ASUU therefore stated that her members should not submit
themselves to be enrolled into slave plan of the Accountant General
whose office stinks with corruption.

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University
of Ibadan Chapter, Professor Deji Omole stated that the Union’s
leadership was still in discussion with the federal government and
helping the government to develop more robust template.

According to Omole, the Vice President of the Country, Professor
Yemi Osinbajo as an academic understands this peculiarities and had
benefited immensely from the peculiarities.

The ASUU boss said no ASUU member should appear before the
Accountant General team until further directives of the Union.

According to him, while ASUU supports fight against corrupt, 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 Office of Accountant General of the Federation through a
public notice had said it will dispatch her staff to Universities
from 25th November 2019 for enrollment of staff into the IPPIS.

However, ASUU has described it as a scam and offered to design a
template that will accommodate university peculiarities.

The Union says it is not opposed to 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 is 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 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.”