ASUU Rejects New Central Payment. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the new central payment, the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPS), sent to universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Speaking with newsmen on the union’s opposition to the IPPS, the chairman, University of Ibadan ASUU Chapter, Dr Olusegun Ajiboye said the latest move by NUC was to further create problems for academic staff and urged members not to fill any form. According to Ajiboye, integrated payment system does not take into consideration the peculiarities of the work of academic staff and also negates the principle of autonomy which ASUU won since 1992. He explained further that lecturers were employed by their respective university councils which manage the resources and take care of their welfare, and not a centralised system by the NUC. The ASUU boss noted that central salary payment was strange to the university system worldwide and would expose academic members to danger, alleging that IPPS had introduced fraud as fictitious names have been included in the payment of pensions. Ajiboye noted that it will force academic members who have problems with their salaries to travel to Abuja to sort out their problems. “IPPS negates the principle of university autonomy that ASUU fought for. We are employed by our respective governing councils and not centrally by NUC. For salaries to be paid from Abuja is strange to world university system apart from the dangers inherent in it. IPPS does not take into consideration the peculiarities of our job. “Now that we are even paid by our universities, members who have problems with their salaries face difficulties before getting it resolved, let alone when salaries are being paid from Abuja. “They are talking of Ghost workers when salaries have not been paid from Abuja, but somebody in front of the system in Abuja will manufacture fictitious names and pay themselves. It will give room for fraud and make life difficult for our profession and members. We say no to IPPS,” he said.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 06:59:17 +0000
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