Education

ASUU Suspends Proposed Strike over IPPIS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its proposed strike over Federal Government’s directive to enroll its members into the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

President Muhammadu Buhari gave a directive on Oct. 8, 2019, when presented the 2020 budget proposal before lawmakers that Federal Government Employees not captured on the IPPIS platform by 31st Oct. 2019 would no longer be receiving their salaries.

In a phone interview on Thursday, ASUU President Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the union had decided to maintain status quo, pending further meetings.

According to him, the union is proposing another template which would factor in the peculiarities of the universities and promote their interest.

“The point we are making is that we have visited the Senate President, told him that there is an alternative to IPPIS, the IPPIS as we see it, will not promote the interest of the university, there is no university or country in the world where the payment of university workers is centralised with the government.”

Ogunyemi added:

“What we have been saying is that the reaction of our members will depend on what happens in the government. Our members will meet at the appropriate time to take appropriate decision.

“The Senate has intervened in the matter and we are engaging the Senate, the Senate has appealed to us for now, When they pay other workers, they pay them also.”