No fewer than 240 lecturers, including professors, at the
University of Lagos, enrolled on the Integrated Personnel Payment Information
System against the directive by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
It was gathered that the affected lecturers have been
sanctioned by the UNILAG chapter of ASUU.
The sanction is coming about one week after ASUU suspended
its nine-month strike over the non-payment of salaries of ASUU members who
failed to enrol into IPPIS and other unfulfilled agreements between ASUU and
successive administrations.
ASUU had opposed IPPIS used in settling workers’ salaries by
FG and developed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution which
is currently undergoing test-run by the National Information Technology
Development Agency.
It also asked its members not to enrol on IPPIS, arguing
that it was against the autonomy of universities among other reasons.
On November 23, ASUU suspended its strike after FG made some
concessions, among which was to pay arrears of salaries and earned allowances
to the lecturers.
A document obtained by our correspondent on Friday showed
that ASUU UNILAG Congress had passed a resolution asking members not to vote
for “defaulting lecturers”.
It was gathered that the motion to sanction the lecturers
was moved by Prof. Ngozi Osarenren and seconded by Dr. Ganiyu Oyetibo at a
congress held on December 29, 2020,
Lecturers and officials of ASUU-UNILAG confirmed the
authenticity of the document, which was signed by Chairman, ASUU-UNILAG, ‘Dele
Ashiru, and Secretary, Olusegun Samuel.
The document titled, ‘Congress resolution on those who
flouted the union’s directive by enrolling on IPPIS’, read in part, “In line
with the Constitution and Code of Practice of our union and in tandem with the
extant traditions of our union, NEC decisions are sacrosanct, inviolable and
must be obeyed unconditionally by all members of the union at all times
irrespective of their personal disposition to the contrary.
“Failure or refusal to obey NEC directives by any member or
group of members, especially when it has to do with directive against attempt
by authorities; be it government or university administrations, to strangulate
our union and members, will amount to act of sabotage, misconduct,
indiscipline, disloyalty and betrayal by members complicit in such actions.
“It is hereby resolved unanimously by the Congress of
ASUU-UNILAG held on the 29th day of December, 2020 that these underlisted
members of ASUU-UNILAG cannot be trusted to advance, protect and defend the
interest of members of ASUU-UNILAG in any position within the University.
Hence, they cannot be trusted with any position of responsibilities for which
the votes of our members are required now and in the future.
“It is the resolution of Congress that the under listed
members shall therefore not enjoy the support and votes of members of
ASUU-UNILAG in any election(s) they stand for now or in the future.
“Finally, members are hereby enjoined not to vote for any of the undersigned members who went against the directive of the union on by enrolling on IPPIS should they stand for any elective position now or in future.”
Meanwhile, some of the affected lecturers have protested
against the sanction.
They alleged that some principal officers were not included
in the list.
“This is partial. Some principal officers were spared which
should not be. They also refused to listen to the explanation that some of us
had enrolled before the ASUU directive,” one of the affected lecturers told our
correspondent on the telephone.
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