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March 13, 2020
The Federal Government and theAcademy Staff Union of University, ASUU have reached an interim pact to integratethe University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS into theIntegrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.
The IPPIS is the government’saccountability software that has been made compulsory for all publicinstitutions, mainly for personnel payroll.
The Union is opposed to the use ofIPPIS for lecturers saying it does not consider some of the peculiar operationsof universities. The lecturers’ union then developed its own UTAS which itwants the government to adopt for universities.
Minister of Labour and Productivity,Chris Ngige, announced the pact after a four-hour meeting between both parties.He said the two parties will reconvene on Monday after the ASUU delegationdeliberates with its National Executive Council, NEC.
On his part, ASUU, NationalPresident Biodun Ogunyemi, said the NEC of the union will review the conditionsfor the integration of UTAS into IPPIS .