Academic activities in the nation’s public universities may
be halted again as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) begins
mobilisation of members against the threat by the Accountant General of the
Federation to stop salaries of lecturers this January for failing to enrol in
the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPIS)
A circular from the office of the Accountant General of the
Federation ( AGF) was sent to all public universities last week Thursday, with
information to with-hold January salary of lecturers who refused to enroll in
the IPPIS platform.
But ASUU in its reaction, said her congress members have
resolved to activate NO PAY NO WORK as soon as government stops her members’
salaries.
Chairman, University of Ibadan Chapter of ASUU, Professor
Deji Omole while reacting to the development on Sunday in Ibadan maintained
that the Union was ready to pursue her stand on autonomy and infringement on
FGN-ASUU agreement which IPPIS will erode.
Omole stated it is unfortunate that even the President
cannot be trusted after assuring the Union to look into the matter and set-up
committee to harmonise UTAS and IPPIS tabled before him at the last meeting.
While insisting that the Union would not be threatened by an
undemocratic public servant like Accountant General of the Federation to
ridicule tertiary education, ASUU said the move would throw public varsities
into another crisis.
Omole said ASUU rejected IPPIS on points of law, principle
and rule of law and offered an alternative platform which has been named
University Transparency and Accountability Solutions ( UTAS ) , which would
take care of university peculiarities.
According to Omole, if those ruling us are sincere they
should ask their sons and daughters who school in Universities in the UK how
Universities run.
“Only patriots can work in our hellish condition. Our
position is that the principles of IPPIS are in contradiction to the principles
of the autonomy of the university system and the constitution is clear enough
because each university has its legal pattern and it doesn’t have provision for
IPPIS and it does not even capture the peculiarities of the university system.
We are ready for them.
‘We are not slaves that can be subjected to routine
humiliation by government appointees “.
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