ASUU dares govt, says it won’t bow to pressure over IPPIS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Benin chapter, has declared that it will not bow to the move by the Federal Government to arm twist its members to register with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The union in a statement issued on Tuesday vowed to resist any attempt by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to force its members to register with the IPPIS system.

In a press release titled “IPPIS- The Truth of The Matter” signed by its chairman, Mr. Monday Omoregie Joy and it secretary, Mr. Fabs C. Amaechina, the UNIBEN branch of ASUU said compelling its members to register with the IPPIS negates the autonomy of the Nigerian Federal Universities as enshrined in the Universities Amendment Act 2003 (also called Universities Autonomy Act No1., 2007).

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“For the avoidance of doubt, ASUU UNIBEN remains an integral and unwavering party to the collective decision of the union to resist the forceful implementation of IPPIS by the office of the Accountant General of the Federation as (I) it is in gross violation of the autonomy of Nigerian Federal Universities as enshrined in the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 2003 (also called Universities Autonomy Act No1., 2007) And (II) it fails to accommodate the peculiarities of the Nigerian University System (NUS)”, the ASUU chairman said.

According to Omoregie; the decision not to cave in to the wish of the office of the Accountant General of the Federation was unanimously reaffirmed by the Congress of the branch at its emergency meeting of Monday 25th November 2019, held at the ASUU secretariat complex, University of Benin at which it was resolved that “ASUU Uniben aligns with the national leadership of the union on IPPIS and says no to the deployment of IPPIS in its present state”.

The ASUU chairman however, reiterated that ASUU will reactivate its mechanism if its members are being denied their salaries on the ground that they failed to enrol into the IPPIS.

“To this end, we wish to make it abundantly clear that if any single member of the union is denied his/her salary on account of refusal to be forcibly enrolled onto the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), the union shall immediately activate its mechanism for dealing with such aberration”, he said.

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