Tag: IPPIS

FG exempts Universities, Polytechnics, others from IPPIS

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has approved the exemption of Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and other tertiary institutions of learning from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, (IPPIS). It said, henceforth, remunerations to staff members of these institutions would no longer flow through the platform. Minister of the Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after yesterday’s week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. The FG reasoned that the IPPIS does not afford tertiary institutions the freedom to run their affairs,…

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ABU Zaria decries staff shortage, urges lift of employment embargo

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has decried the shortage of academic staff in some of the institution’s faculties, attributing it to the deployment of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS). Professor Kabiru Bala, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2023 induction ceremony for 67 inducted doctors from the institution. Bala, represented by Professor Danladi Ameh, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), said the university was in need of more academic staff, not only in the College of Medical Sciences but…

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Job Racketeering: Drama, as IPPIS officer admits to collecting bribe on behalf of FCC Chairman

Aminu Imam

A former IPPIS desk officer at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Haruna Kolo, has admitted to collecting money from people in exchange for jobs at the Commission. Kolo told the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating mismanagement of the IPPIS that he collected over 75 million naira from people on the instruction of the FCC chairperson, Farida Dankaka. He said that Dankaka instructed him to collect the money to his personal Ecobank account and then pay it to her in cash, adding that he did this at several meetings at her…

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Whistle-Blowing Policy: 54,000 fraudulent payroll entries detected in IPPIS – NSA

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has uncovered about 54,000 fraudulent payroll entries in its Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) through the whistle-blowing policy. The National Security Adviser, (NSA), Babagana Monguno, disclosed this at the ‘National Policy Dialogue on Corruption and Security‘, organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), yesterday, in Abuja. He attributed the discovery to the expansion of the coverage of IPPIS against stiff opposition from some quarters. Monguno also said the deployment of the Bank Verification Number (BVN) to validate the Federal Government’s…

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IPPIS: FG suspends salaries of 331 civil servants for not updating records on the platform

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has suspended the salaries of 331 federal civil servants for their failure to carry out the online records update of the HR Module of Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, (IPPIS), and participate in the physical verification exercise. Recall that the FG had in March set up a committee on enrolment of newly recruited civil servants on the IPPIS platform, to checkmate employment irregularities perpetrated by officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies, (MDAs). According to a statement by Director, Press and Public Relations, Abdulaganiyu Aminu, the suspension…

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IPPIS: University workers to embark on indefinite strike tomorrow

Aminu Imam

Non-teaching staff in Nigerian Universities yesterday commenced a three-day nationwide protests to press home their demands which centred on controversial Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, (IPPIS), sharing formula of the N40 billion Earned Academic allowances, non-payment of arrears of the new minimum wage, among others. The President of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU), Mohammed Ibrahim, who led the protesting staff said they would proceed with their next plan of action by tomorrow, Thursday, if the Government fails to respond positively to their demands, saying the protest was…

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IPPIS: University workers to commence three-day protests tomorrow

Aminu Imam

University workers, under the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), are to commence a three-day protest from tomorrow, Tuesday, over the Federal Government failure to implement the several agreements reached in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in October last year. Rising from a meeting held in Abuja at the weekend, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of NASU and SSANU, directed their branches in all universities across the country to embark on a three-day protest. In a circular…

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We are seeking swift completion of renegotiation with FG to suspend strike- ASUU

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is seeking swift completion of its ongoing renegotiations with the Federal Government to suspend the lingering industrial action. Professor Ade Adejumo, the Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan Zone of ASUU, stated this at a press conference in Ibadan today.  ASUU embarked on the industrial action seven months ago which is premised on the union’s refusal to adopt the Federal Government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).  Adejumo, who was represented at the conference by Professor Moyo Ajao, the Chairperson, ASUU, University of…

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IPPIS: Again, FG, ASUU meeting ends in deadlock

Ishaku Yohanna

The meeting between the Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the controversial Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, platform last night ended in deadlock. There were heated arguments between representatives of Federal Government and ASUU as the two parties maintained their positions on PPIS. The meeting took place at the Conference Hall of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Abuja. As the meeting progressed, the quiet atmosphere suddenly changed when a top member of ASUU delegation accused the Minister of Labour and Employment,…

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IPPIS: We’re looking into ASUU’s preferred payment platform, says Ngige

Ishaku Yohanna

Indications emerged Tuesday night that the Federal Government may adopt the University Transparency Account System (UTAS), a payment platform developed by ASUU in preference to IPPIS. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has pushed for adoption of UTAS instead of Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) which it insisted that they would never succumb. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige told journalists after about two and half hours closed door meeting with the Senate leadership on Tuesday. He said the alternative platform presented by ASUU is home grown…

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