Members of the Academic Union of Universities have reaffirmed their position on the full implementation of the 2009 Federal Government/ASUU agreement, insisting that they will not join the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System.

ASUU on Monday began a two-week strike to press the Federal Government to implement its 2009 agreement and resolution as well as excluding public university lecturers from the IPPIS.
Addressing journalists on Friday at the Bayero University, Kano secretariat, the Zonal ASUU Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Lawan, said ASUU would continue to remain resolute on the issue of IPPIS.

BUK was joined by other universities including the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, during the news conference.

Lawan warned that any attempt by the government to dictate what happens in the university system would erode the autonomy of the universities by making them incapable of delivering on their mandate of teaching, research and community service.

He said the union had made it categorically clear that its members would continue to resist the violation of the Universities Miscellaneous Amendment Act through IPPIS, which is riddled with fraud as well as a constitutional drain on the scarce resources of the country.

Similarly, Lawan has dismissed as false the claim of the Federal Government that 55 per cent of its members were enrolled into the IPPIS.

He challenged the Federal Government to provide the accurate statistics of those who enrolled into the IPPIS, stressing that it was false.

Lawan said, ‘’The threat to stop the salaries of our members will not only make them more resolute but determined to fight this matter to a logical conclusion.

“Nigerians, especially the students, parents and other stakeholders should know who to blame as the situation becomes protracted.’’

He said the other demands of the union included the acceptance of ASUU’s ongoing innovation of a more robust system of human resource management and compensation, called the University Transparency and Accountability Solution.

Meanwhile, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Dr Biodun Olaniran, has slammed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, for declaring the union’s strike “illegal”.

Olaniran in a statement on Friday described Ngige as “a broken record”.

withdrawn their participation from statutory meetings.”

Meanwhile, the Calabar Zone of ASUU on Friday disclosed that Nigeria spends approximately N5bn annually to service the controversial IPPIS.

The Calabar Zonal Coordinator of ASUU and senior lecturer at the Department of Sociology, University of Uyo, Mr Aniekan Brown, said this at a media briefing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

At the briefing, which had members drawn from the University of Calabar, Abia State University, Cross River State University, University of Uyo and other institutions in the zone, Brown said the IPPIS was being run by a private company in the United States.

He said Nigerians should do away with the mentality that everything that comes from abroad is better.

Let me shock Nigerians that the database of the IPPIS is not in this country. Those running the IPPIS are private company in the United States of Americans and by the laws of the United States any data that touches down on the soil of the US after 14 days can be declassified.

“And we are saying that Nigerians who are workers of the Federal Government should mortgage those details to be bound abroad and if anything happens there then nothing goes on here?

“An average of N5bn is being wasted every year to service IPPIS. If you look at the last budget, it ranges from N3bn to N10bn, so, you can average that at N5bn. Now how much could that amount do for a faculty of Computer Engineering today. Check the budgetary allocations and how much goes into servicing the IPPIS platform, then you will know how much Nigeria is wasting,” Brown said

He added “Nigeria is paying a whole lot to service that but in this country we have several departments of Computer science and computer Engineering. We have those who could develop software.

“But my take is if government has invested let’s say one billion naira on the collection of the department of Computer science or Computer Engineering to generate the software and then the patency to export that to the rest of the world could have been better for us but this neo-colonial arrangement of getting to think that anything that come abroad is better whereas this one does not suit the realities of our operations here the unions take is that Nigeria should beat a retreat.”

He insisted that IPPIS was corruption compliant, adding that the university system has come up with an alternative system known as the University Transparency and Accountability Solution because of its peculiarities.
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This ASUU crippled my business for a while.

they should ride on... we not even ready to go back to school yet.

Meanwhile COE

ASUU must join IPPIS. Some lecturers keep 3 jobs in different universities making it difficult for younger ones to get job.

Some VC also have ghost workers that they use to drain resources. Since the issue of this IPPIS began, many universities have been recruiting staffs to balance the books.

FG must remain resolute on IPPIS.

SciLab:
ASUU must join IPPIS. Some lecturers keep 3 jobs in different universities making it difficult for younger ones to get job.

Some VC also have ghost workers that they use to drain resources. Since the issue of this IPPIS began, many universities have been recruiting staffs to balance the books.

FG must remain resolute on IPPIS.

Do you even know what you're saying? Go and check university staff salaries received yesterday from ippis. You will cry when you see deductions. You're just here typing what I don't understand

AAA593:

Do you even know what you're saying? Go and check university staff salaries received yesterday from ippis. You will cry when you see deductions. You're just here typing what I don't understand

Many jobs have been created, that is what matters. Cronyism and cabalization of the universities is the bane of the system..

Even teaching hospitals have been holding interviews to recruit staffs due to IPPIS. The last time some of them advertized for vacancies was 20 years ago.

IPPIS must stand.

ASUU full with bunch of lazy lecturers

SciLab:


Many jobs have been created, that is what matters. Cronyism and cabalization of the universities is the bane of the system..

Even teaching hospitals have been holding interviews to recruit staffs due to IPPIS. The last time some of them advertized for vacancies was 20 years ago.

IPPIS must stand.

I taught u understood the whole thing. Make I waka

SciLab:
ASUU must join IPPIS. Some lecturers keep 3 jobs in different universities making it difficult for younger ones to get job.

Some VC also have ghost workers that they use to drain resources. Since the issue of this IPPIS began, many universities have been recruiting staffs to balance the books.

FG must remain resolute on IPPIS.

Let CBN ,firs ,and NNPC join first

Lecturers keeping multiple jobs are completely legal
One federal ,two or more States n few private ...as long as it's not the same employer it's legal

mrvitalis:

Let CBN ,firs ,and NNPC join first

Lecturers keeping multiple jobs are completely legal
One federal ,two or more States n few private ...as long as it's not the same employer it's legal

Unizik just convocated about 300 PhDs few days ago. Even though many are already doing well in their chosed fields, those who want to transcendim into the academia should be absorbed.

SciLab:


Unizik just convocated about 300 PhDs few days ago. Even though many are already doing well in their chosed fields, the rest should be absorbed in the Academia.

There is no PhD Holder in Nigeria that's unemployed

mrvitalis:

There is no PhD Holder in Nigeria that's unemployed

You are right, but some are in the industry and want to transcend into the academia. They should be allowed.

SciLab:


You are right, but some are in the industry and want to transcend into the academia. They should be allowed.

They would be begged to

SciLab:


Many jobs have been created, that is what matters. Cronyism and cabalization of the universities is the bane of the system..

Even teaching hospitals have been holding interviews to recruit staffs due to IPPIS[b][/b]. The last time some of them advertized for vacancies was 20 years ago.

IPPIS must stand.

Don't say what you don't know. In fact not all teaching hospitals are recruiting as implied by you

mrvitalis:

There is no PhD Holder in Nigeria that's unemployed

That is not true

edoairways:

That is not true

That's 100% true anyone unemployed is either incapacitated or choose to be unemployed

mrvitalis:

That's 100% true anyone unemployed is either incapacitated or choose to be unemployed

I have PhD graduate in my vicinity who are jobless, don't say what you don't know

edoairways:

Don't say what you don't know. In fact not all teaching hospitals are recruiting as implied by you

UNTH, NAUTH, FMC Asaba, FMC abakiliki have all held interviews for all medical professional cadres in the past 3 weeks.

This is am issue that can be worked out

SciLab:


UNTH, NAUTH, FMC Asaba, FMC abakiliki have all held interviews for all medical professional cadres in the past 3 weeks.

So, Are all the teaching hospitals recruiting as implied you?

edoairways:

I have PhD graduate in my vicinity who are jobless, don't say what you don't know

In what area ...what are u even saying most University would give u job offer while doing PhD
And there are so many private Universites under staffed ...bro u say u have more than one ...that's a big lie bro

Tell me their area of specialization and school they got it from let's see

mrvitalis:

In what area ...what are u even saying most University would give u job offer while doing PhD
And there are so many private Universites under staffed ...bro u say u have more than one ...that's a big lie bro

Tell me their area of specialization and school they got it from let's see

You said most universities meaning there are some that will not give job. Am telling you that they are some PhD holders that jobless you are still arguing. Is because you live in the city to assume things or what?

edoairways:

You said most universities meaning there are some that will not give job. Am telling you that they are some PhD holders that jobless you are still arguing. Is because you live in the city to assume things or what?

How can u have PhD and be in the village ,baba it's not possible

mrvitalis:

How can u have PhD and be in the village ,baba it's not possible

Just say what you know because am typing from the villa

edoairways:

Just say what you know because am typing from the villa

They are lying to u Bros

ASUU should ride on. They're fighting for a good course.

It's awkward.... PhD holder, unemployed
I have PhD graduate in my vicinity who are jobless, don't say what you don't know[/quote]

The strike should continue.... Person pikin never ready for lecture bombarding from lecturers... Make student rest and enjoy small�
Enjoyment no be crime

mrvitalis:

How can u have PhD and be in the village ,baba it's not possible

Everything is possible in Nigeria

AAA593:

Do you even know what you're saying? Go and check university staff salaries received yesterday from ippis. You will cry when you see deductions. You're just here typing what I don't understand

Don't mind that guy jare. How does visiting prevent younger one's from getting job??
He doesn't know that its only when your area of specialization is required that another university can employ you as a visiting lecturer..
Bunch of ignorants