Tag: IPPIS
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Strike: ASUU opens up on what’s next after negotiations with FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it would now consult with its council to make their final intention known if the strike would be suspended or not. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports ASUU made this known on Friday following negotiations between the federal government (FG) and the Union. The government agreed to use the…
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BREAKING: FG bows to pressure, exempts ASUU from IPPIS, offers N65bn to end strike
The Federal Government on Friday offered leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities N65 billion for Earned Academic Allowance and revitalisation. The government also agreed to pay the striking lecturers through the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System) until ASUU’s University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) was ready for usage. These are some of…
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No hope in sight to ending strike – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says there is no hope in sight to suspend its lingering strike due to alleged lack of commitment by the Federal Government. Prof. Theophilus Lagi, the ASUU, Abuja Zonal Coordinator, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday at Gwagwalada, Abuja. ASUU, Abuja Zone, comprises the Federal University…
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ASUU strike: Only one issue left – FG
The federal government has said there is only one issue left on the negotiation table for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off strike. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono made this known while speaking with newsmen on Sunday. He made this known in Abuja after…
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ASUU gives reasons why strike lingers
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is seeking swift completion of its ongoing renegotiations with the Federal Government to suspend the lingering industrial action. Prof. Ade Adejumo, the Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan Zone of ASUU, stated this at a press conference in Ibadan on Wednesday. ASUU embarked on the industrial action seven months…
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We have been rejecting IPPIS since 2013, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday said that its members have been rejecting to migrate to the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS) since 2013. Dr Aniekan Brown, Coordinator, ASUU Calabar Zone, disclosed this during a press conference in Calabar. Brown recalled that on March 23 ASUU declared an industrial action against…
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JUST IN: FG caves in to ASUU request on UTAS
The Federal Government (FG) on Tuesday said it might consider adoption of the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). UTAS, proposed by ASUU to the Federal Government, is an alternative emoluments payment platform to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Labour Minister, Sen. Chris…
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FG places embargo on salaries of varsity workers not enrolled on IPPIS
The Federal Government has ordered stoppage of salaries of any university employee who refuses to be captured on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System with effect from November 2020. The government gave the directive in its latest memo from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation with reference number OAGF/IPPIS/446/1/159, dated October…
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Buhari to federal workers: No IPPIS, no salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari says only federal workers that have been captured by the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform will continue to receive salaries. Buhari said this when he presented the 2021 budget of N13.08trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…
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IPPIS controversy: Resign and embrace farming, ASUU bombs Buhari’s Minister
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday advised the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, to resign and go into farming. The Chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, Prof Ayo Akinwole, stated this in a statement in Ibadan while reacting to the minister’s criticism of the union. He said the minister’s…