At yesterday’s meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government has agreed to release N30 billion earned academic allowance to ASUU.
The government has said the money will be paid in tranches between May 2021 and January 2022.
The FG also promised to spend N20bn on the revitalisation of the education sector as part of concessions meant to end the seven-month strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
However, ASUU sent a letter to all its zonal coordinators and members on Thursday, telling them to reject IPPIS officials assigned to their various campuses on Monday.
Despite this, they vowed not to jeopardise the ongoing critical engagement with the federal government.
In the letter signed by ASUU’s president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU mentioned that they had been informed that IPPIS officials from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, will be going around university campuses from Monday 19th October 2020.
“All ASUU members should have nothing to do with them. Fact-Check by ASUU with the figures from the OAGF has proven the claim that our members are trooping to enrol in the IPPIS in Abuja as false.
“The leadership of our great Union is fully aware of the hardship the non-payment of salaries by the Accountant-General and other forms of intimidation by over-zealous Vice-Chancellors have unleashed on our membership and we are leaving no stone unturned to redress the situation.
“Therefore, all members of ASUU should STAY AWAY from anything related to IPPIS, so as not to jeopardize the ongoing critical engagement with the Federal Government,” the letter said.
