Stop War Strategy Of Starvation Under IPPIS Radar- ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the federal and State government to stop the war strategy of starvation under the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll (IPPIS) by paying its members salaries in the interest of justice. 

The advice was contained in a press release by the Benin Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Fred Esumeh and five other leaders of the branch in Benin City. 

The Benin Zone, comprising University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, (AAUE), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSETECH), Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU) and the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE), described the forceful application of IPPIS by the federal and state governments during negotiations as a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian University system. 

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Giving a background of what led to the indefinite strike action that was declared by the national leadership of ASUU, the Union blamed the strike on the federal government’s forceful application of IPPIS and refusal to implement the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreements and the 2013 Memorandum of Association (MoA) that the government voluntarily entered into with the Union and other demands which were aimed at addressing the rot in Nigeria education system. 

“Consequently, the Zone views government’s insistence and forceful application IPPIS, even when the Union is in discussion with Government representatives, as a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian University system. The Zone calls on Government to stops the WAF strategy of starvation by paying our members salaries”. 

Source: independent