The Congress of University
Academics (CONUA) on Tuesday directed university lecturers to comply with the
Federal Government directive to register on the Integrated Payroll and
Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
Dr Nwoke Onyebuchi, the National
Publicity Coordinator of CONUA, a faction of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), gave the counter directive at a meeting by members of
CONUA in Port Harcourt.
ASUU had rejected a Federal
Government’s directive mandating workers at its universities and colleges of
education to enrol into IPPIS before Dec. 7.
But, Onyebuchi said that rather
than wait for a new template, that IPPIS scheme would improve the academic
system in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
“So, we went into IPPIS to find
out what those throwbacks are. But on conclusion of our investigation, we found
no substance in the resistance against IPPIS.
“Those campaigning against the
implementation of IPPIS in the universities are being economical with the truth
and are not telling their union members the whole truth.
Onyebuchi said it was untrue statements
credited to ASUU, that sabbatical payment was not captured in the new payroll
system.
He said that contrary to this
claim that IPPIS intends to open a desk in every university to ensure the
success of the scheme.
“The detractors are claiming that
the payroll system will affect lecturers on sabbatical, but we found out that
those on sabbatical would be adequately captured in the system.
“We discovered that lecturers on
sabbatical will receive their salary from their primary university, while also
receiving another payment captured as ‘allowance’ at the university where they
are doing sabbatical.
“So, such lecturers will receive
two payments, namely, salary and allowance. The sabbatical payment would be
captured as allowance, since IPPIS computer cannot enter two salaries for one
person.
“So, nothing is going to be taken
away from lecturers. However, this will never be told to workers because some
individuals want to orient conflicting trajectory with the government,” he
explained.
Onyebuchi also debunked claims
that the scheme would expose universities to civil service bureaucracy.
The unionist said that if
properly implemented in universities, that IPPIS would eliminate ghost workers
and reduce fraudulent activities in the academic system.
According to him, the
introduction of IPPIS in the nations tertiary institutions would result to
employment of more lecturers as ghost lecturers would be weeded from the
system.
“So, anybody or group calling on
lecturers not to enrol for IPPIS does not understand the full meaning and
benefits of the payroll payment system.
“IPPIS is a scheme that would be
worked on as it goes; hence the reason the body is establishing desks in the
universities to rectify any issue that may arise.
“So, we call on our members to
enrol for IPPIS; a fluid dynamic system of payment that will help university
workers,” he said.
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