ASUU Hails FG's Decision To Remove Tertiary Institutions From IPPIS
The Minister of Education, Professor Mamman Tahir, who briefed journalists after the meeting, said the move was aimed at enhancing the efficiency and autonomy of the tertiary institutions.
Chukwuebuka Aniakor 
The Federal Government has announced that public tertiary institutions, including universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, will no longer be part of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform.
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The decision was made at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. The Minister of Education, Professor Mamman Tahir, who briefed journalists after the meeting, said the move was aimed at enhancing the efficiency and autonomy of the tertiary institutions.
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He said the institutions would now be able to handle their salary and recruitment issues internally, without seeking approval or waiver from the Office of the Head of Service. He added that the exemption of tertiary institutions from the IPPIS system was also in response to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which had opposed the payment platform and embarked on an eight-month strike in 2020.
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The IPPIS was introduced by the Federal Government in 2006 as a reform initiative to store personnel records and promote transparency and accountability. However, ASUU had rejected the IPPIS and proposed the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) as an alternative.
