‘Accept Integrated Payroll’ – Buhari Govt Implores ASUU

‘Accept Integrated Payroll' – Buhari Govt Implores ASUU

With the promise of enhancing the payment platform to better suit the demands of the lecturers, the federal government has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embrace the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

At a meeting between the union and the federal government on Thursday in the House of Representatives, the Accountant General of the Federation, Sylvia Okolieaboh, made the proposal.

In order to resolve the more than seven-month old strike, Ezenwoko's Blog previously reported that Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila had called for a long meeting with all stakeholders involved in the education sector.

In an effort to put a stop to the strike, the Accountant General stated that the government will work with the union on the subject of pay.

According to him, the government is concerned about the repercussions of allowing ASUU access to a special payment platform provided by other businesses.

He said: “If there are peculiarities in the university salaries system, what we need to do is to sit down with ASUU and identify them and address them in IPPIS. We are willing to accept.”

The House of Representatives has mediated three meetings, and like many of them, this one produced no results. The head of service, Folashade Esan, the minister of labour and , Chris Ngige, and the president of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, were also present.

Gbajabiamila stated in his concluding remarks that he will assemble all the proposals and provide them to President Muhammadu Buhari as a single report

He said; “We are appealing to you,the Judiciary has spoken, the Executive has spoken, the Legislature is about to speak together with the Executive; everybody cannot be wrong and only one person is right. For me I'm happy with the solution on UTAS, no victor, no vanquished, everybody is being carried along.

“For the sake of emphasis, the House is pleading with you, let's put all interest aside and look at the interest of our children.”

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