IPPIS: You Can’t Dictate to Your Employers, AGF Tells ASUU

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The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris, has described the opposition of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the compulsory enrollment of all federal government staff on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as an “open endorsement of corruption”.

Idris in a statement today also wondered why employees should dictate to their employers on how they should be paid.

Idris was reacting to the threat by ASUU to embark on a nationwide strike if the federal government persisted in its decision to implement the IPPIS with respect to its members and if it failed to remit their salaries by the end of October 2019.

The AGF however insisted on carrying out the mandate issued by President Muhammadu Buhari that anyone not registered on the platform should not be paid as from October 31.

“There is nowhere employees dictate to their employers as to how he or she should be paid as being dictated by ASUU,” the AGF said in the statement.

He also explained how the new payroll system is aimed at minimizing wastages and saving costs.

“ASUU opposition to IPPIS is an open endorsement to corruption in the Nigeria University system as the IPPIS platform will not allow employment of workers at will without compliance to due process on employment.

“To meet the deadline of government, the process of enrolment is on-going. We, therefore, urge all university staff to ensure they enroll in the IPPIS platform. It is a known practice all over the world that employees are entitled to their salaries and wages as at when due,” he noted.