The federal government of Nigeria has allayed any fear the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, might have over the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System ( IPPIS) saying that the policy is not intended to trample upon the university autonomy or subsume the staff into the Civil Service.
President Muhammadu Buhari who stated this on Thursday at the 14th Convocation ceremony of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University ( UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra state, rather, explained that the policy is designed to enhance efficiency, transparency and better management of University finances.
Represented by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission( NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, President Buhari urged the authorities of the nation’s universities to embrace the IPPIS policy insisting that there will be no going back on its implementation.
He observed that the introduction of IPPIS had generated a lot of controversies, especially between the federal government and ASUU, but, noted it that the development was not necessary.
He stated “I assure you all that IPPIS is not intended to trample upon University autonomy nor is it designed to subsume the University into the Civil Service.
“The primary intention of IPPIS is to enhance greater efficiency, transparency and better management of University finances.
“And this should be an important moral pillar of all Universities where students are graduated based on character and learning.
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All Universities must be committed to these cherished values if they are to serve as moral compasses of the larger society”, President Buhari stated further.
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