The federal government has begged the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU) to accept the Integrated Payroll and Personnel
information system (IPPIS) with the promise of improving the payment platform
to fit the needs of the lecturers.
The Accountant General of the Federation, Sylvia Okolieaboh,
made the plea on Thursday during the meeting between the union and the federal
government at the House of Representatives.
Recall that the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila had
last week called for an extended meeting of all stakeholders in the education
sector to resolve the over seven months strike.
The Accountant General said the government will accommodate
the union on the issue of salaries in a bid to end the strike.
He insisted that the government is concerned over the ripple
effect of allowing ASUU to have a separate payment platform from others.
“If there are peculiarities in the university salaries
system, what we need to do is to sit down with ASUU and identify them and
address them in IPPIS. We are willing to accept.”
This is the third meeting brokered by the House of
Representatives, like many others, the meeting did not yield any agreement.
Others at the meeting included the head of service,
Folashade Esan, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, the
President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke.
In his closing remarks, Mr Gbajabiamila said will compile
all recommendations and submit them to President Muhammadu Buhari as a single
report.
He stated that “We are appealing to you, the Judiciary has
spoken, the Executive has spoken, the Legislature is about to speak together
with the Executive; everybody cannot be wrong and only one person is right. For
me I’m happy with the solution on UTAS, no victor, no vanquished, everybody is
being carried along.
“For the sake of emphasis, the House is pleading with you,
let’s put all interest aside and look at the interest of our children.”
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