ASUU’s Exemption From IPPIS Is Temporary- Ngige

This was disclosed by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Saturday while reacting to resolutions reached with the union at their last meeting.

Compulsory enrolment of Varsity lecturers under the Integrated Payroll Personnel and Information System has been at the heart of the ongoing feud between ASUU and the Federal Government, with the government insisting that only lecturers captured in the payroll system will receive salaries.

After months of negotiations, the Federal Government has yielded ground and announced the exemption of ASUU members from the payroll system.

Ngige explained that the decision is a temporary measure pending when ASUU’s University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) would be operational.

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“I think it is better because a lot of people are quoting us out of context, saying that we abandoned the IPPIS and that we said they should not be on IPPIS. It is not true,” he said.

“What we said in the meeting and what we agreed was that in the interim for the transition period that UTAS is being tested by NITDA and the Office of National Security Adviser for cybersecurity.

“For that transition period, ASUU members that are not yet on IPPIS will be paid through the platform with which they were paid the President’s compassionate COVID-19 payment done to them between the months of February and June.”