Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday threatened prolonged strike over the Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS) dispute with the federal government.
Lecturers at a zonal conference in Ibadan described the Minister of Finance and the Accountant General of the Federation as ‘high priests of corruption’ over the alleged lopsided implementation of IPPIS.
They also lashed out at the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education, Sonny Echonu, as the latest Federal Government appointed liar on IPPIS, challenging him to tell Nigerians the percentage of lecturers in what ASUU described as fake statistics of enrollees on the IPPIS.
Addressing a joint conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the Ibadan zonal chapter of ASUU comprising the University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, University of Ilorin, Kwara State University and Osun State University, the zonal coordinator, Prof. Ade Adejumo, maintained that the union has been vindicated with underpayment, overpayment, none deduction of the third party deductions, outright omissions, among many other anomalies which characterised the February salary paid to those who enrolled on the IPPIS platform.
Adejumo, who was flanked by Prof. Ayo Akinwole (UI), Prof. Moyosore Ajao (UNILORIN), Dr Biodun Olaniran (LAUTECH), Dr Femi Abanikannda (UNISON) and Dr Dauda Adesola (KWASU), expressed worries that despite the regrets being expressed by those who enlisted on IPPIS and other shortcomings and sharp practices, the Accountant General of the Federation and the Finance Minister are insisting on going ahead with the platform.
His words: “Presently, the outcry emanating from university workers over the payment of February salary has vindicated ASUU’s position on the evil platform of IPPIS as an unworkable platform.
‘’To say the least, IPPIS is a haven for corruption rather than assisting in curbing it.
