Iolo:


Based on my readings, yes it will reduce in a nutshell but mostly because ASUU has gotten its way and negotiated certain favorable terms IPPIS is no longer recognizing. In some instances, obtaining these terms makes no sense in the first instance, in other cases they are legitimate issues that I believe can be fixed on the platform as other agencies have been using it long before now.

1. A number of universities have bargained PAYE tax reliefs with their state governments. IPPIS deducts according to the accepted standard by law.

2. Some allowances being received by them are not captured by IPPIS.

3. IPPIS makes certain deductions like NHF, meaning take home pay is lower across board.

4. They won’t acknowledge this but some of them work multiple jobs with multiple salaries. IPPIS prevents this using BVN.

You’re caught up now.

sinkhole:


https://tribuneonlineng.com/ippis-govt-cant-use-ASUU-platform-to-pay-us-varsity-workers/

Rgade:

Only in Nigeria will the federal government withhold her worker's pay for several months.

ImmaculateJOE:
If ASUU, NASU & SSANU cannot accept IPPIS then let the strike continue till eternity...

IPPIS is a smart way of paying salaries and it is actually good for tranpaeency governance. Every sensible person should endorse and support it..

But eh, Buhari is still a disaster oh.. In fact IPPIS was introduced around 2007 before them BMCs will start claiming nonsense...

amerengues:
Hmm

We argue to gain more enlightenment and if in the process, we encounter superior arguments, we should accept it.

You made a valid point by referring to the ghost workers issue- we don’t want ghost workers that sap our resources struggling to go round.

ASUU went on strike before pandemic thus it wasn’t in the midst of pandemic; It wasn’t because of IPPIS that they started the strike; This same government agreed at a time that they are willing to looking into the alternative ASUU will present which is UTAS since it accommodates most of the peculiarities IPPIS is devoid of

eg Adjunct lecturers (Hardly will you see any department/faculty with adjunct Lecturers from the industry). An engineering faculty with a course on Engineering law (just an illustration)may borrow lecturers. Also, those presently on IPPIS in other ministry have started complaining of the irregularities because I have a colleague who complained recently.

To rectify issues, you might need to travel to Abuja (Security, finance, stress, not meeting them on seat and telling you to come tomorrow), why hasn’t the Government decentralized this IPPIS. A friend has been advised to travel to Abuja recently.

We are quick to forget that this strike is premised on the follow up on previous agreement the government has successfully renegaded on without no commitment to do anything significant. IPPIS main issue came up when the stopped salary in which strike was on before the focus shifted to IPPIS.

Again, I ask, students have never supported revitalization and adequate funding and we are quick to condemn some persons who wants that. Government really fears the students’ protest but unfortunately they don’t protest for better education or support the struggle since we all want to quickly graduate. Those schools abroad get huge fundings for education. If you perceive that there is a misappropriation in university system, why not wade in and be in charge of fixing the infrastructure and revitalization fee and leave the school administrators out of the process- come and build and innovative rickety libraries.

Remember that anything Government is continuous and not only must you fulfill the promises but build on it. Again, this struggle was before so many of us are born, why are we still in this state. Please kindly do your research on how much Graduate assistants and Assistant lecturers earn.

Recently, they retain best students to lecture but after seeing how decayed the system is coupled will a paltry salary of 105k for some school lecturers, they accept offers from universities abroad and the system weakens further. Government only focuses on the propaganda of 10,000 lecturers as Prof whereas the bulk are in the very lower cadre who will print, publish articles, fix their offices with their money especially for those who could never sell handouts as a university rule. They are left with only meager salaries. I will stop here.


However, the challenge with ASUU is their penchant for shouldering all the requests needed for school revitalization. If ASUU focuses on the welfare of the members alone (which in hard fact, not possible though since university structures and infrastructure isn’t alien to ASUU’ operations), the strike won’t be incessant. If the students and parents don’t ask for better education, leave them to it. You can’t be fighting for people who don’t understand you.

If any ASUU member is found erring for misappropriation , prosecute them instantly but we forget that ASUU is academic and not always at the helm of affairs of most administrative activities of some universities and how some of it sef is being used are not even known to them. ASUU isn’t asking for increase in the poor salaries as highlighted. Till now no minimum wage has been paid.

All we want is a balanced view. So pathetic that this struggle has been on for ages. If only, if only they fix it once, Government would be able to brag one day.

ImmaculateJOE:
If ASUU, NASU & SSANU cannot accept IPPIS then let the strike continue till eternity...

IPPIS is a smart way of paying salaries and it is actually good for tranpaeency governance. Every sensible person should endorse and support it..

But eh, Buhari is still a disaster oh.. In fact IPPIS was introduced around 2007 before them BMCs will start claiming nonsense...

s4short:


You have made some valid points but does it not bother you that for the past 11years ASUU has been fighting for 1 thing using same method strike across different governments and it's obviously not working, strike used to be effective in the 80s and 90s and brought about ETF and some other things but in 2020 it is definitely not working, protests, the media and even lobbying are way more effective.

It's high time ASUU does a rethink as intellectuals and come up with a way to fight for their rights without inflicting more damage to the university system because currently the strikes are the biggest limitations to Nigerian universities that is why we are unable to attract foreign students and are constantly loosing our students to mushroom schools in Africa.

TecM0:




Can you just imagine?!

After #EndSARS we need #EndASUU

In a Country with multiple digit unemployment rate, a Lecturer openly wants to continue holding employments in 2,3,4 or 5 University with full pay, teaching few hours per week, multiplying wage bill

Nigerian Armed Forces are on IPPIS and they have allowance captured, lecturers on sabbaticals and visiting lecturers can have allowance captured by IPPIS instead of getting new salary

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SpecialAdviser:
Is it that the amount to be paid will reduce??

What exactly is the quarrel with the platform??

Somebody educate me.

Miracle2020:
Buhari is too soft for my liking. Fire those idiots that refused to join IPPIS and recruite more graduates. These thieves called ASSU don't care about the students, they only want to continue collecting their corrupt money.
Walahi I wish iam the president, these crooks for know the difference between 5 and 6.

21cents:
LOL. funny. only in Nigeria will a federal government worker be dictating how he wants to be paid to the government.

TecM0:




Can you just imagine?!

After #EndSARS we need #EndASUU

In a Country with multiple digit unemployment rate, a Lecturer openly wants to continue holding employments in 2,3,4 or 5 University with full pay, teaching few hours per week, multiplying wage bill

Nigerian Armed Forces are on IPPIS and they have allowance captured, lecturers on sabbaticals and visiting lecturers can have allowance captured by IPPIS instead of getting new salary

.

pegix:
Hmm.....if not for Nigeria
Can any worker/lecturer in usa decide for Trump administration how to be paid
Only if he's ready to lose his salary and job be dat

jericco1:
This is an insult to the FG.
Imagine workers dictating to their employers how they want to be renumerated

Seunaj05:
As for the undergraduates at home, go and learn work. Buhari will NOT back down neither will ASUU

Sonnobax15:
. make una no worry.....FG no go only use am tay pay una but also use am tay shock una....
I've never seen people as selfish and greedy as these bunch of old incompetent men working under this platform of ASUU.

brexit:
All these are show of foolishness, have we seen on earth where an employee is telling the employer the platform with which he will be paid




These Unions and their members lack ordinary common sense

21cents:
LOL. funny. only in Nigeria will a federal government worker be dictating how he wants to be paid to the government.

Ebenezar2021:
[s][/s] you this useless ASUU asslicker, you better tell your people to open up schools and get their lazy asses back to work before we students turn violent and wreck your homes and destroy your lives and properties

Ebenezar2021:
[s][/s] you this useless ASUU asslicker, you better tell your people to open up schools and get their lazy asses back to work before we students turn violent and wreck your homes and destroy your lives and properties

samuelpeters:
So NASU and SSANU wn design their own payment pla5tform.

Make all agencies kuku design their own.
Before you know now NMA and JOHESU go go their own strike because of IPPIS.

I think ASUU should tweak their UTAS to accommodate NASU and SSANU( these ones should better cooperate with ASUU, because if ASUU call off strike na OYO dm de).
So that if FG accepts the UTAS it would benefit every staff in the university system.