IPPIS REJECTION: ASUU Should stop being a disgrace to Nigeria, embodiment of corruption

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was quoted in some sections of the media in the past few days of being poised for a showdown with the federal government over planned enforcement of Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS) on her members as contained in President Muhammadu Buhari Federal Budget (FG) 2020 Budget presentation to National Assembly on Wednesday October 9, 2019 that any agency that failed to enrol in the IPPIS by October 2019 would not be paid monthly salary.

Rights and Freedom Advocates (RIFA) saw the university lecturers’ threat as an attempt to swindle Nigeria into lawlessness and fraud. Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) is to provide a reliable and efficient database for the public service to eliminate record and payroll frauds, facilitate easy storage, enhance manpower planning, update and retrieve personnel records for easy administrative and pension processes and promote convenient staff remuneration payment with minimal wastes and leakages.

Invariably, IPPIS is an Information Communications Technology (ICT) project initiated by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of payroll administration for its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

And it has been operational in most of the Federal agencies but ASUU has been resisting implementation of same on its members because it will block loopholes its members use to defraud Nigeria.

One of the leaders of the Union was quoted as saying the union was not against accountability but will resist attempt by the government to violate existing laws and autonomy of the university.

To be sincere, some Professors are embarrassment to intellectuals. The same ASUU that claim to be vying for autonomy would be deceiving Nigerians that Government has not funded education adequately and so it embarks on industrial action any time it deems fit.

Is it proper for students to resist admission decision of a university if not admitted or employee dictating to its employers or why is ASUU afraid of what its members sold to the government through different publications and found worthwhile to fight irregularity in public payment system?

If ASUU was joyous in the IPPIS policy sold to other agencies of the government, why is it opposing same policy?

Or is it sensible that someone sells a particular food but could not eat from same food rather he prefers to buy from another food seller. If the food he sells is beneficial and good, why is he afraid of eating same food?

The ASUU claim that the template designed by government plans to enslave intellectuals as it does not make provisions for payment of arrears of promotion, study leave allowance, responsibility allowance among others leaves one to ask ASUU if rapists such as Dr (Pastor) Boniface Igbeneghu, Dr Samuel Oladipo of University of Lagos and Professor Richard Iyiola Akindele, a former lecturer in the department of management and accounting of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife among others or truants or opponents of national progress are the intellectuals being referred to. The group should stop deceiving unsuspecting Nigerians as IPPIS would only prevent its members from being ghost workers collecting multiple salaries and undue allowances, alter their ages at will to prevent normal age retirement, allow them enjoy benefits they do not deserve even when suffer students to the extent that most people now run away from same public universities because of the sorry-state ASUU has turned Nigerian universities to.

The claim by ASUU that the federal government should design the appropriate template that will factor in the peculiarities of university lecturers and not adopt the world-bank designed template is self-serving and untenable because the same dubious ASUU often uses global standard to intimidate FG to dance to its tune of stiffening Nigeria when its members are mostly good at raping and coercing girls for marks or force men to part with money to pass. Rather than the Nigerian universities being centre for academic and moral excellence, it only thrives in projecting and producing rapists and cultists as academics and same set of people lead ASUU today.

Little wonder that despite the uproar that followed British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) revelation of Pastor Boniface Igbeneghu and Dr Samuel Oladipo licentious and amorous display towards students and prospective students of University of Lagos (Unilag) in a documentary released in October 2019, ASUU saw no reason to mobilize its members against such practice perhaps that is its members’ stock-in-trade which probably the association cannot deny.

The IPPIS is just a better way of eliminating ghost workers in public Universities as most lecturers in public universities abandon their work and take full-time job at private universities or in their own private establishment abandoning students to their fate and collect money from government for work not done. Most of them cannot even allow their children study in public universities again because of sub-standard service they render and do not want their children to receive same.

What of research students abandoned by lecturers and series of class missed because these lecturers run away to other ventures and still want to dupe government?

The government was coerced by same ASUU to extend the retirement age of professors to 70 years when most agile youths with requisite knowledge and time are prevented from having access to public universities for job and those who are engaged are treated like housemaids.

The slavery cannot continue and ASUU should stop being cog in the wheel of progress of Nigeria. Enough of balderdash!!! Any ASUU member not ready to join IPPIS should just resign and allow those that are serious with their work to take charge.

Most of these lecturers fighting unjust cause are ghost workers in their respective schools who would not even forgive their house maid if failed to resume work on time any day in a month and would surcharge such maid in his or her wage at the end of the month.

ASUU whose members force students to buy hand outs, pay for marks, receive no lecture or inadequate lecture for fees paid, extort students to pass, neglect students research works for assessment for months, weeks and even years is talking of illegality in the implementation of IPPIS.

Are all the abnormalities being committed by its members as highlighted among others legal in discharge of official duties? If the system works well, most of those who parade themselves as lecturers today deserve to be students in normal sense institutes.

RIFA therefore urge Nigerians not to be deceived by the usual antics of the University lecturers as they are not above other workers.

FG should disengage any ASUU member that joins anti-progressive Nigeria campaign and allow those who are ready to work to identify themselves.

The recognition being given to mediocrity in academic is enough! Government should be bold not to be coerced to succumb to usual false accusations and misinformation of ASUU members.

Any ASUU member that embarks on industrial action as a result of IPPIS should just be shown exit door of the public university system.

Luqman Soliu
President,
Rights and Freedom Advocates (RIFA)


Source link: https://wiseloaded.com/rifa-reacts-to-ippis-rejection-by-ASUU/

Stop misleading people. ASUU is not opposed to IPPIS! It is however a fact that general pattern of operations of IPPIS will infringe on the laws establishing Nigerian Universities. Unless the national assembly reviews the laws, applying IPPIS will be illegal!

Ibegtodiffer:
Stop misleading people. ASUU is not opposed to IPPIS! It is however a fact that general pattern of operations of IPPIS will infringe on the laws establishing Nigerian Universities. Unless the national assembly reviews the laws, applying IPPIS will be illegal!

Stop confusing yourself with big grammar. Which of the laws establishing Nigerian Universities? Among all the federal agencies , was your self aclaimed law only made for ASUU members?

RE: IPPIS REJECTION: ASUU SHOULD STOP BEING A DISGRACE TO NIGERIA, EMBODIMENT OF CORRUPTION
Sequel to the Press release by Rights and Freedom Advocates (RIFA) on 22 October, 2019 on the above subject, we have received some reactions. While some reactions were altruistic, others are self-serving. RIFA as a body will always be on the part of justice and fairness most especially defending the national interest as against individualistic interest.
One of our fathers and a Professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife engaged us in an intellectual discourse and eventually he agreed with us and would have shifted his earlier ground from the lies being fed to the public by those opposing IPPIS implementation. RIFA does not belong to any of the opposing parties in the confrontation on IPPIS implementation but our zeal for national interest would not allow us support perfidious citizens
Let us be factual and let the public know the reality. Before implementation of IPPIS, huge extra-budget provisions are made on monthly basis in excess of salaries and other claims of known staff of government MDAs. At the time of release of fund for salaries and overheads, the extra-budget provisions would leave government purse at the centre to designated MDAs. However, at the receiving MDAs collaborating officer(s) would deduct his/their portion and send balance to the cronies’ personal accounts after withdrawing the excess in form of cash for the MDAs use. Through that, they circumvent audit trail. This practice continues in MDAs yet to adopt IPPIS.
Similarly, various claims such as training and development allowances are made in the names of unsuspecting junior staff by collaborating senior staff and vouchers raised to defraud the state. As the collaborating officers receive the money into their individual coffers, the junior staff whose names are used are often oblivious of the deal and where they are even aware they cannot do anything to their boss. And so remain silent forever while they are being defrauded. With IPPIS, every staff collect his salary directly except those not on IPPIS.
More so, when IPPIS implementation is not implemented, any junior staff is sanctioned at a minor disagreement by senior staff and the salaries of the junior staff seized for as long as satisfies the interest of the senior staff. Some of them take the seized fund out of government purse and fix it in fixed deposits in banks and receive the interest before returning it to penalized staff. As IPPIS implementation came, such lawlessness is eliminated and most staff now get their salaries from central purse. So, those who felt short-changed by the new policy are now trying their best to lie to the public to continue their greed against the nation. If they are sincere, most of them with businesses should start allowing their maids to dictate to them on how to be paying such maids. Otherwise they are simply not sincere to Nigeria and should be seen as treacherous citizens
Luqman Soliu
For RIFA

Afamed:

Stop confusing yourself with big grammar. Which of the laws establishing Nigerian Universities? Among all the federal agencies , was your self aclaimed law only made for ASUU members?

Ignorance is a disease!

University lecturers are employed by each university council. There is a law setting this up...dubbed the university autonomy law. IPPIS implemented in the universities will violate this law.

What is ASUU saying? Domesticate this IPPIS template in each university, capturing the perculiarities of the university system. Infact, ASUU told the FG they are willing to assist FG in doing this.

And to answer your rather Sarcastic question. The law was made for Nigerian universities not for ASUU. The president can not just alter a law by making pronouncements. If he wants the law altered, he knows the right procedure.

ippis has come to stay ASUU has no option to accept ASUU. most of issues raised by ASUU will be solved. ippis is freedom to oppressed staff. any ASUU member who does not want ippis should please resign.university autonomy my foot. from all indications, there is division in ASUU regarding ippis. Nasu and ssanu have accepted ippis. buhari please go ahead with ippis implementation for all federal staff.

faceURfront:


Ignorance is a disease!

University lecturers are employed by each university council. There is a law setting this up...dubbed the university autonomy law. IPPIS implemented in the universities will violate this law.

What is ASUU saying? Domesticate this IPPIS template in each university, capturing the perculiarities of the university system. Infact, ASUU told the FG they are willing to assist FG in doing this.

And to answer your rather Sarcastic question. The law was made for Nigerian universities not for ASUU. The president can not just alter a law by making pronouncements. If he wants the law altered, he knows the right procedure.

can you please share a copy of university autonomy law?
different templates cannot be used for different universities. a template can be used for all universities to capture peculiarity of university system. separate template is also being used for federal hospital staff nationwide. what is special about ASUU? Academians without knowledge

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Ibegtodiffer:
Stop misleading people. ASUU is not opposed to IPPIS! It is however a fact that general pattern of operations of IPPIS will infringe on the laws establishing Nigerian Universities. Unless the national assembly reviews the laws, applying IPPIS will be illegal!

Can you be specific on the exact laws that IPPIS will infringe on?

faceURfront:


Ignorance is a disease!

University lecturers are employed by each university council. There is a law setting this up...dubbed the university autonomy law. IPPIS implemented in the universities will violate this law.

What is ASUU saying? Domesticate this IPPIS template in each university, capturing the perculiarities of the university system. Infact, ASUU told the FG they are willing to assist FG in doing this.

And to answer your rather Sarcastic question. The law was made for Nigerian universities not for ASUU. The president can not just alter a law by making pronouncements. If he wants the law altered, he knows the right procedure.

NNPC staff are employed by the NNPC board, NPA staff are employed by the NPA board, police officers are employed by the Police service commission, customs officers are employed by the customs board, FIRS staff are employed by the FIRS board, etc.

These agencies were created by law. They all have different acts setting them up. They could as well demand that IPPIS should be domesticated in their agencies or else they won’t join.

So you see, ASUU’s demand is not just silly, it’s an attempt to maintain the corrupt status quo. The aim of IPPIS would be defeated if government start domesticating the platform for every agency. In fact, it would be a return to the old order.

ASSU is just too self-centered.

seunmsg:


NNPC staff are employed by the NNPC board, NPA staff are employed by the NPA board, police officers are employed by the Police service commission, customs officers are employed by the customs board, FIRS staff are employed by the FIRS board, etc.

These agencies were created by law. They all have different acts setting them up. They could as well demand that IPPIS should be domesticated in their agencies or else they won’t join.

So you see, ASUU’s demand is not just silly, it’s an attempt to maintain the corrupt status quo. The aim of IPPIS would be defeated if government start domesticating the platform for every agency. In fact, it would be a return to the old order.

I was very much against ASUU's position on this IPPIS until I have settled down and read ASUU's angle.

They are not against IPPIS, they are saying adjust it to cover for certain areas that contradict the University's autonomous laws.
Their autonomy is backed by law.

1. IPPIS sets retirement at 60 years (max 65) whilst going by University's autonomous laws as agreed by the UMY/GEJ administration, it pegged Professorship retirement at 70.

2. IPPIS doesn't cover for sabbatical leave for lecturers.

3. IPPIS doesn't cover for adjunct lecturership, study leave, research grants etc.

4. IPPIS doesn't cover payment for arrears associated with promotion etc.

Some of them make the bulk of cash from 2-4 above.

https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.nairaland.com/5483062/asuus-reasons-kicking-against-ippis&hl=en-NG#a.83306261

They are only saying Govt should make some of these adjustments.
I think they have a point in some (not all) of these adjustments.

fergie001:

I was very much against ASUU's position on this IPPIS until I have settled down and read ASUU's angle.

They are not against IPPIS, they are saying adjust it to cover for certain areas that contradict the University's autonomous laws.
Their autonomy is backed by law.

1. IPPIS sets retirement at 60 years (max 65) whilst going by University's autonomous laws as agreed by the UMY/GEJ administration, it pegged Professorship retirement at 70.

2. IPPIS doesn't cover for sabbatical leave for lecturers.

3. IPPIS doesn't cover for adjunct lecturership, study leave, research grants etc.

4. IPPIS doesn't cover payment for arrears associated with promotion etc.

Some of them make the bulk of cash from 2-4 above.

https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.nairaland.com/5483062/asuus-reasons-kicking-against-ippis&hl=en-NG#a.83306261

They are only saying Govt should make some of these adjustments.
I think they have a point in some (not all) of these adjustments.

Oga all the things you mentioned are contained in the IPPIS!

geletor:

Oga all the things you mentioned are contained in the IPPIS!

How sure are you?
I am not doubting...just saying this has been their position from time...

fergie001:

I was very much against ASUU's position on this IPPIS until I have settled down and read ASUU's angle.

They are not against IPPIS, they are saying adjust it to cover for certain areas that contradict the University's autonomous laws.
Their autonomy is backed by law.

1. IPPIS sets retirement at 60 years (max 65) whilst going by University's autonomous laws as agreed by the UMY/GEJ administration, it pegged Professorship retirement at 70.

2. IPPIS doesn't cover for sabbatical leave for lecturers.

3. IPPIS doesn't cover for adjunct lecturership, study leave, research grants etc.

4. IPPIS doesn't cover payment for arrears associated with promotion etc.

Some of them make the bulk of cash from 2-4 above.

https://googleweblight.com/i?u=https://www.nairaland.com/5483062/asuus-reasons-kicking-against-ippis&hl=en-NG#a.83306261

They are only saying Govt should make some of these adjustments.
I think they have a point in some (not all) of these adjustments.

They have raised all these point and government already gave them assurance that these peculiarities will be sorted out.

Point 4 is general to all civil/public servant so ASUU cannot use that as an excuse. I’m also a civil servant and I understand that IPPIS doesn’t pay arrears. However, government has made an alternative arrangement to pay promotion arrears through MDAS or directly from Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

So, ASUU’s excuses are not genuine and valid enough to warrant them staying completely out of IPPIS. They cannot be an exception.

Just allow the one with better pay,that's my own

seunmsg:


NNPC staff are employed by the NNPC board, NPA staff are employed by the NPA board, police officers are employed by the Police service commission, customs officers are employed by the customs board, FIRS staff are employed by the FIRS board, etc.

These agencies were created by law. They all have different acts setting them up. They could as well demand that IPPIS should be domesticated in their agencies or else they won’t join.

So you see, ASUU’s demand is not just silly, it’s an attempt to maintain the corrupt status quo. The aim of IPPIS would be defeated if government start domesticating the platform for every agency. In fact, it would be a return to the old order.

NNPC, NPA, FRSC etc are not independent. They are parastaals under their various ministries. Universities are independent of the ministry of education. They only operate within regulations set by the ministry of education through her parastatal-National Universities Commission (mind you NUC has a board because it is under the ministry). Every staff in any University is recruited by that University. Ideally, every staff in a university should be paid by the university and not FG since they are autonomous. But students don't pay tuition in Nigeria. Hence by paying the salary of staff of universities, FG/state governments are actually subsidizing education. That is the true position of things.

seunmsg:


They have raised all these point and government already gave them assurance that these peculiarities will be sorted out.

Point 4 is general to all civil/public servant so ASUU cannot use that as an excuse. I’m also a civil servant and I understand that IPPIS doesn’t pay arrears. However, government has made an alternative arrangement to pay promotion arrears through MDAS or directly from Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

So, ASUU’s excuses are not genuine and valid enough to warrant them staying completely out of IPPIS. They cannot be an exception.

Perhaps, their allegations also involve the fact that Govt is trying to rope them in to the same roll call as Civil Servants....well, if arrangements are to be cared for them, that's a good one.

Another angle bothers on trust again.

It should be spelt out and clear and there should be assurances it doesn't conflict with their already existing autonomous(or whatever they call it) laws.

seunmsg:


Can you be specific on the exact laws that IPPIS will infringe on?

The Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003

Feel free to Google it.

There are several instances where the FG has issued directives that were inconsistent with this law and had to reverse such directives.

The most recent of which was the "dissolution" of governing councils of the new universities started by GEJ by the PMB administration which they had to reverse. Perhaps, they felt a governing councils is evivalent to a board of a parastatal. But it is not.

faceURfront:


NNPC, NPA, FRSC etc are not independent. They are parastaals under their various ministries. Universities are independent of the ministry of education. They only operate within regulations set by the ministry of education through her parastatal-National Universities Commission (mind you NUC has a board because it is under the ministry). Every staff in any University is recruited by that University. Ideally, every staff in a university should be paid by the university and not FG since they are autonomous. But students don't pay tuition in Nigeria. Hence by paying the salary of staff of universities, FG/state governments are actually subsidizing education. That is the true position of things.

CBN is under the supervision of which ministry? BPP is under the supervision of which ministry? Office of the Auditor General for the Federation is under the supervision of which ministry?

These agencies despite their peculiarities and independence have no issues with IPPIS, universities cannot be an exception. The military and police raised far more issue than ASUU and all their concerns were addressed.

You also need to understand the fact that independence of universities are not absolute. Universities do not exist in a vacuum. Federal universities are owned by the federal government. They operate under the supervision and regulation of NUC. NUC itself is an agency under federal ministry of education. The president is responsible for approving the appointment of a university VC and constituting the university council. So, discard the independent/autonomous argument.

seunmsg:



CBN is under the supervision of which ministry? BPP is under the supervision of which ministry? Office of the Auditor General for the Federation is under the supervision of which ministry?

These agencies despite their peculiarities and independence have no issues with IPPIS, universities cannot be an exception. The military and police raised far more issue than ASUU and all their concerns were addressed.

You also need to understand the fact that independence of universities are not absolute. Universities do not exist in a vacuum. Federal universities are owned by the federal government. They operate under the supervision and regulation of NUC. NUC itself is an agency under federal ministry of education. The president is responsible for approving the appointment of a university VC and constituting the university council. So, discard the independent/autonomous argument.

If you don't like the autonomy of universities, repel the law. Simple

Hmmm

RE: IPPIS-FGN VS ASUU; FACTS BEYOND ….RHETORICS
Luqman Soliu
24/10/2019
Even though National Orientation Agency (NOA) and Ministry of Information are moribund under the current administration, I shall let the world knows facts as against rhetoric concerning IPPIS. Some points were ostensibly raised in a write up perhaps by ASUU and I shall discuss the points one by one.
How can an association that is yet to have any significant value on the society claim to let government allow it design a platform that government will use for its salary payment? Has the group designed any platform to ease its own affairs internally and let the world see how useful that platform is? At least, a wise saying relates that we learn from home. Students have missing scripts, sleep with lecturers before they pass and are or subjected to cruel conditions before they graduate. Even those without any outstanding courses wait for years before they collect result and none of the members of the group has designed any platform to eliminate these lapses but they want to return government to its sad days of uncontrolled embezzlement. Design your platform first to fast-track release of result, regular lecture, no more industrial action, and discipline among lecturers and let the world assesses you before allowing you interfere in the nation affairs.
If the claim that each University has a constituted Governing Council by government whose mandate is to, among others, determine for and on behalf of the FGN issues revolving recruitment, promotion, discipline, dismissal, salaries and wages (emoluments), reward and other sundry issues pertaining the University administration is anything to go by, then why does ASUU not allow each chapter determines its demand and stop going on national industrial action if truly it is autonomous of government? Or does ASUU not understand the meaning of autonomy again? If Public universities have autonomy (i.e independence) from government which makes it not entitle to interfere in its affairs such as implementing IPPIS, why then do universities take subvention from government and even demand funding from government including salary increment from government? Why can’t they source and fund the universities by themselves if they are really autonomous which make them opine that IPPIS of government can’t be applied on them? Let them source their fund and apply same. Only then can they justify their autonomy. Some ASUU members with private establishments, why do you refuse to allow your staff to have labour unions? Or are they not human beings like you? Let us stop blind sympathy for a deleterious group that waste students’ time! We may need to adopt University of Ilorin theory to sanitize our societies of selfish groups.
The idea that government in the past allowed ASUU to intimidate it into shifting from IPPIS to GIFMIS holds no water today the same way students allowed to write research work in the past years manually are now mandated to type it. Situation changes and so we must improve in that direction. GIFMIS did not achieve desired result like IPPIS and if academic environment does not appreciate improvement in our mode of living, are students in safe hands?
No point at all in university professors retirement age of 70 years to reject IPPIS. IPPIS has peculiarities to accommodate variant retirement age. And government has demonstrated this to ASUU and other academic and research-based institutes which have accepted the realities except ASUU. Only those who still want to defraud the nation object to IPPIS. IPPIS works like Time Access Management System (TAMS) whereby the user designs it to favour its peculiar nature of job. IPPIS can therefore accommodate retirement age of 70years for professors.
IPPIS makes provision for occasional expenses on staff recruitment or promotion or engagement of irregular staff and similar affairs and that is why it incorporates non-IPPIS in a separate form for such activities. Agencies that are self-accounting using IPPIS are particularly allowed to have non-IPPIS salary arrangement and various agencies in this situation abound for confirmation. So, even if Professors want to be assessing themselves every year, there is room for it. Knowledge is power when one searches for and acquires correct one!
If IPPIS is implemented fully, ghost workers would be reduced and money into thin air saved to employ more unemployed youths. That is why the rate of recruitment in 2019 has been surprising because government has been able to save money. The only challenge is that those benefiting from ghost workers don’t want the usual business to stop so that additional jobs won’t be created.
I remain your boy SLM

faceURfront:

If you don't like the autonomy of universities, repel the law. Simple

ippis has come to stay. Mark my words.

faceURfront:


If you don't like the autonomy of universities, repel the law. Simple

ippis for ASUU is a must. this is buhari and not Gej. Mark my words.
if ASUU is serious, they should design template to stop sexual harassment, missing transcripts etc in higher institution.

ASUU IS A FRAUD ORGANISATION THAT CARE LESS ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE STUDENT, THEY ONLY CRY OUT IF THERE POCKET IS EMPTY OR IF ITS HARD TO FILL IT. THEY ALMOST SPOIL THE LIFE OF OAU WITH UNNECESSARY STRIKE, IF NOT THAT OAU DASH THEMSELVE BRAIN, SCHOOLS THAT ARENT UNDER THEM ARE DOING SO WELL. WHEN IT COMES TO IPPIS THEY BEGIN TO CRY FOUL, WHAT HAVE BEEN IN USE FOR OTHER BODIES BE IT INDEPENDENT OR FEDERAL BODIES. IF ASUU COULD CHANNEL THIS THERE ENERGY USE AGAINST IPPS TO CURB SEX FOR GRADE, CORRUPTION, ILLEGAL MARK, SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS WITH ALL THE MONIES GIVEN TO THEM IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
INSTEAD OF THAT MONEY IS ALL THEY CARE ABOUT. MONTH BACK DURING THE STRIKE PERIOD I THINK ASUU ITSELF WAS ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION BY SSANU, OR SOME BODIES, I CANT RECOLLECT WELL.
in short
ASUU NA FRAUD

faceURfront:


Ignorance is a disease!

University lecturers are employed by each university council. There is a law setting this up...dubbed the university autonomy law. IPPIS implemented in the universities will violate this law.

What is ASUU saying? Domesticate this IPPIS template in each university, capturing the perculiarities of the university system. Infact, ASUU told the FG they are willing to assist FG in doing this.

And to answer your rather Sarcastic question. The law was made for Nigerian universities not for ASUU. The president can not just alter a law by making pronouncements. If he wants the law altered, he knows the right procedure.

Who employed the various university councils that employed ASUU members.?

Who pays ASUU members.? FG or Council.

seunmsg:



CBN is under the supervision of which ministry? BPP is under the supervision of which ministry? Office of the Auditor General for the Federation is under the supervision of which ministry?

These agencies despite their peculiarities and independence have no issues with IPPIS, universities cannot be an exception. The military and police raised far more issue than ASUU and all their concerns were addressed.

You also need to understand the fact that independence of universities are not absolute. Universities do not exist in a vacuum. Federal universities are owned by the federal government. They operate under the supervision and regulation of NUC. NUC itself is an agency under federal ministry of education. The president is responsible for approving the appointment of a university VC and constituting the university council. So, discard the independent/autonomous argument.

For once an IPOB member like me had to agree with you.

The university councils were employed and still employed by Federal Government.

ASUU must bow to IPPIS.

I know a particular Vice Chancellor instigating ASUU against Federal Government because of his corruption.

If the FG is serious, they should ask me about the name of the Vice Chancellor and I will tell them.