The Port Harcourt zone of
Academic Staff Union of Universities has insisted that it will not under any
circumstance join the Integrated Personal Payroll Services, IPPIS, of the
federal government, saying the service is a fictitious claim by the federal
government against corruption.
Co-ordinator of the Port Harcourt
Zone of ASUU, Uzo Onyebinama, stated their position at a media briefing in the
Rivers State capital.
Onyebinama said the IPPIS is a
calculated attempt to impoverish Nigerians just to benefit the elites, arguing
that the IPPIS is incapable of checking cases of ghost workers.
The zonal coordinator further
challenged the Minister for Finance to publish the list of ghost workers and
organizations where the much talked about savings have been made.
“The argument by the Federal
Government on the imposition of IPPIS is a fictitious claim of fighting
corruption.
“We challenge the
Accountant-General of the Federation and the Minister of Finance to publish the
names of the said ghost workers and their organizations from where the alleged
savings have been made as well as the actions taken as proof of a government
fighting against corruption.
“The IPPIS is part programme of
government to undermine public universities. Our union has no sympathy for
corruption contrary to the campaign of calumny by the Accountant-General of the
Federation,” he said.
States and Federal Universities
in Rivers and Bayelsa state make-up the Port Harcourt zone of ASUU with the
Chairpersons of ASUU in UNIPORT, Rivers State University, Ignatius Ajuru University
of Education, Niger Delta University and Federal University Otuoke, all in
attendance.
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