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November 1, 2019
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has suspendedits planned strike over Federal Government’s directive to enroll its membersinto the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi noted that the union haddecided to maintain status-quo, pending further meetings.
According to him, the union is proposing another templatethat  would factor-in the peculiarities of the universities and promotetheir interest.
ASUU had, at different fora, rejected the deadline, statingthat universities operated differently from the civil service and should,therefore, not be seen as appendages of ministries, departments and agencies ofgovernment.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that when PresidentMuhammadu Buhari presented the 2020 budget proposal before lawmakers on Oct. 8,2019, he vowed that Federal Government Employees not captured on the IPPISplatform by 31st Oct. 2019 would no longer be receiving their salaries.