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October 21, 2019
TheAcademic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU is preparation another face-off withthe Federal Government over what it called the government’s planned impositionof Integrated Personnel Payroll System, IPPIS on its members.
TheUnion leaders have called an emergency National Executive Council, NEC meeting,where it agreed that the union should begin mobilisation of members for anaction against the government.
ThePresident had reportedly directed that any worker not on the IPPIS would nolonger get salary.
TheChairman of the University of Ibadan chapter of the union, Deji Omole said ASUUis not against accountability, but would resist any attempt by the governmentto violate existing laws and autonomy of the university.
Heexplained that the union had offered to help the Federal Government in designingthe suitable template to address the peculiarities of university lecturers inthe IPPIS, but the government appeared bent on using what he called the WorldBank-designed exploitative template.