‘IPPIS, a slave plan’. ASUU insists on boycott

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on its members to shun the purported circular from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation to enroll academic staff on the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan Chapter, Professor Deji Omole in a statement issued on Sunday advised academic union members to disregard the purported circular from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

Omole who instructed members not to submit themselves for the enrollment “into slave plan of the Accountant General whose office stinks with corruption” said that the union leadership was still in discussion with the Federal Government to help it develop a more robust template.

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The statement by ASUU reads; “This is to remind you that the Union’s position on IPPIS has not changed. Pending the resolution of the matter evidence, of which shall be communicated to all members of our Union, no member of the union is to enlist on the platform.”

“NEC position on the matter has not been reviewed. Therefore, no ASUU members should fill the form or submit their bio-data before any team”.

“We are not slaves that can be subjected to routine humiliation from the office of the accountant general. No nation has ever developed or survived through the humiliation of her intellectuals. United we bargain, divided we beg,” the union concluded.

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