IPPIS: Reps intervene in FG, ASUU crisis
The House of Representatives has
resolved to intervene in the crisis between the Federal Government and the
Academic Staff Union of Universities over the Integrated Personnel Payroll
Information System.
The House resolved to probe
into the crisis following the unanimous adoption of a motion by Tajudeen Abass,
who called for the intervention of the parliament in the crisis.
The
House mandated the Committees on Finance; Education; and Labour, Employment and
Productivity “to intervene in the conflict with a view to identifying the cause
of the conflict, reconciling the worrying parties, and report in two weeks’
time.”
While the Federal Government is
insisting on capturing university lecturers on the IPPIS, ASUU has insisted on
being exempted from the system.
The Federal Government had said
it had received the nominal roll of about 41 universities as part of moves to
capture university workers, despite ASUU’s opposition.
Moving the motion, Abass said
the House was convinced that the IPPIS policy had been used as an effective and
efficient tool to fight the malaise of ghost workers, which he said appeared to
have defied all policies and mechanisms put in place in the public service
before now to sanitised the system.
The lawmaker said,
consequently, since the inception of the IPPIS policy in 2007 to date, the
Federal Government had saved about N12bn by eliminating thousands of ghost
workers.
Abass said, “The House is
concerned that in spite of the several benefits of the IPPIS policy, the
implementation of the policy has generated some controversies in some MDAs and
has manifested some drawbacks which should be addressed.
“The House is worried that
ASUU, in reaction to the new Federal Government directives on the
implementation of IPPIS, is not only objecting to the application of the policy
to the federal universities but has issued three counter directive to all its
members not to comply with the directive
“The
House is also worried that ASUU has threatened to go on strike if the Federal
Government attempts to enforce the implementation of the policy in the federal
universities on the grounds that the policy lacks legal backing and its
derogates from the autonomy of the universities.
“The House
is alarmed that if the Federal Government refused to back down on the
implementation of the IPPIS policy in the universities as demanded by ASUU,
ASUU may go on another strike which may jeopardize the current peace and
stability being enjoyed in our university campuses.”
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