FG PROPOSES TO MERGE IPPIS AND ASUU TRANSPARENCY SYSTEM

February Salary of Members Still Unpaid - ASUU

Following the meeting between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja, the Federal Government has proposed a merger of the IPPIS and ASUU salary payment system.

According to Ngige, who insisted that the union erred by not properly informing government of the action, the meeting was called because of the two-week warning strike declared by ASUU.

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At the end of the meeting which lasted about four and a half hours, Ngige said, “We had a fulfilling discussion. We used the Memorandum of Action which we entered into in February 2019 and looked at issues that were not fully addressed. We moved to the non-caption of some ASUU members on IPPIS platform which resulted in the withholding of their salaries.

“Both sides realised we are working for our country. ASUU already has the University Transparency and Account System. We had preliminary agreement to accommodate the two systems. ASUU will have to get back to its members and agree on how to couple the two systems. We will continue discussion. After ASUU consults with its members and decision making authority, we will meet on Monday or Tuesday.”

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On his own part, Ogunyemi said the issues discussed came from outstanding issues which had tended to be overshadowed by IPPIS.

In his words, “From the discussion we had, we have agreed that we will go and consult. We cannot pronounce of the proposals that came up until we consult with our members. We will leave it there for now.”

In a speech he made before the technical session began, Ogunyemi, told the minister that IPPIS was a distraction created by government to divert the union from its actual agitation.

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Meanwhile, ASUU has said the February salary of its members have not been paid. Ogunyemi noted that the union expected the government to consider its alternative model – the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, which was presented to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), earlier in the year.

He said, “The February salary of our colleagues have not been paid up till now. So, we have reasons to believe that IPPIS has to do with it. So if you (the government) are going to implement your IPPIS, then it means that you are not even ready to consider what we came out with when we met President Buhari.”

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