The Federal Government has approved the exemption of universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions of learning from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS
This means remunerations to staff members of these institutions would no longer be done through the platform.
The Minister of the Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House in Abuja.
President Tinubu’s administration appears to have waved a magic wand to appease the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other Tertiary Institutions in the country, which has been at odds with the federal government since 2006 over plans to include tertiary institutions in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.
This latest announcement to exempt universities and polytechnics from the IPPIS will be cheering news for the Academic staff union of universities that have had to down tools in resistance to this policy.
The federal Executive council also approved two memos for the ministry of aviation for the purchase of navigational equipment for communication and remote access devices and also approval was given for technical support
to maintain the new terminals in the international airports.
This latest decision to remove Universities and other tertiary institutions from the integrated personnel payroll integrated system may reduce the industrial actions carried out by the academic staff union of universities and bring stability to tertiary education in the country.
ASUU went on strikes for a total of 628 days under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, making it the highest under any President since the country returned to democracy in 1999.
