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March 14, 2020
The Academic State Union ofUniversities, ASUU has reaffirmed its position on the full implementation ofthe 2009 Federal Government/ASUU agreement, insisting that they will not jointhe Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
It would be recalled that the Unionon Monday began a two-week strike to press the Federal Government to implementits 2009 agreement and resolution as well as excluding public universitylecturers from the IPPIS.
Addressing journalists at the BayeroUniversity, Kano secretariat, the Zonal ASUU Chairman, Mahmoud Lawan said theUnion would continue to remain resolute on the issue of IPPIS.
Bayero University was joined byother universities including the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State,during the news conference.
Lawan cautioned that any attempt bythe government to dictate what happens in the university system would erode theautonomy of the universities by making them incapable of delivering on theirmandate of teaching, research and community service. He also dismissed as falsethe claim of the Federal Government that 55 per cent of its members wereenrolled into the IPPIS.