The Tutorial Employees Union of Universities has accused the federal authorities of failing to fulfill any of its calls for.
That is as acknowledged: the federal authorities nonetheless makes use of the Built-in Personnel Payroll Data System to pay instructor salaries.
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The Nationwide President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview, lamented that the FG was but to meet its promise to take away tertiary establishments from the Built-in Payroll and Personnel Data System platform, including that the February wage by means of IPPIS was paid.
In December 2023, the FG introduced that tertiary establishments, together with universities, faculties and polytechnics, had been exempt from the platform.
Unveiled in 2006, the IPPIS is a authorities initiative aimed toward streamlining payroll administration for ministries, departments and businesses.
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It was later prolonged to universities and faculties however was strongly rejected by employees who launched into a prolonged strike in 2020 and 2021.
They complained about a number of irregularities associated to IPPIS.
Osodeke added that not one of the union's calls for had been met.
In September 2023, the federal government introduced an upward revision of salaries of employees in tertiary establishments by 35 p.c, backdated to January 2023.
It additionally promised to pay 4 months' salaries out of the seven and a half months withheld throughout the 2022 nationwide strike.
Another calls for of ASUU, together with cost of earned tutorial stipend, and the non-progressive renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN settlement had at varied instances led to incessant strikes within the government-owned universities.
He claimed that there had been no official communication from FG, including that all the things was at a standstill.
Talking on whether or not ASUU would embark on a strike to implement their calls for, Osodeke mentioned: “Our member will resolve, that’s the reason we’re happening strike, even for wage revision, however nothing has been achieved but. Our February wage was paid with IPPIS, so nothing has been achieved or applied. The federal government should do the required and implement all agreements they’ve made with us.”
Osodeke additionally mentioned ASUU would quickly announce its choice by means of a press launch.
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