ASUU Commends FG on Removal of Tertiary Institutions From IPPIS
ASUU has reacted to the federal government’s directive to remove universities and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, payment platform.
Nnenna Orji 
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has commended the federal government’s directive to remove universities and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, payment platform, saying the development would bring universities back on track of what the FEC approved was correct.
The ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Wednesday following the removal of tertiary institutions from the IPPIS payment platform, commended the administration for reversing the policy, he said “If that is correct, it is a good step in the right direction. We commend the administration for that. That’s what we’re talking about. If that’s correct, we are now coming up as universities gradually.”
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It was earlier reported that the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, announced the removal of universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and other tertiary institutions from the IPPIS payment platform. The decision was taken during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting.
According to Osodeke, “This was one of the major reasons we were on strike, which was not attended to, for which our salaries were held.”
Osodeke also lamented that the universities had lost their glory due to the singular act of putting them on the IPPIS payment platform. He also further called on President Bola Tinubu to also address the issue of punishment meted out to its members while calling for the right things to be done.
“We are also saying that while correcting those issues, the government should also correct the issue of our members who were punished for asking for the correct things. That is the next step to talk about.
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“On this one, this is a good development. We commend the government for listening to our concerns after three years.
“Although that’s not the only issue, there are a lot of issues, but if the government has done this, they should also do other things so that we can have a flawless system where there will be no strike,” he added.
