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University non-teaching staff present new payment platform to FG

By Deborah Onyofufeke
The University non teaching staff and other associated institutions in the country, yesterday, presented its new payment platform to the federal government for consideration.

The workers, who came together under the umbrella of Joint Action Committee (JAC) which is made up of the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities and Educational Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) presented the payment platform to the Minister of Education, Emeka Adamu Adamu, in his office.

The payment system, tagged, “University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System, U3PS”, was described as a multitenant system that accommodates the peculiarities in the Nigerian University System.

Mr Yusuf Adeyemi, the System Programmer, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, explained the features of the payment system in a presentation on behalf of the group.

He said “The system handles all employees’ financial records in a hassle-free, automated fashion. This includes employees’ salaries, bonuses, deductions, net pay, generation of pay-advice and other financial reports using accounting best practices.

U3PS seek to essentially automate those micro administrative tasks performed by accountant general office and bursars of federal institutions, thereby giving the office the mental bandwidth to focus on the macro.
Some of the security features include but not limited to One-Time Password (OTP) via google authenticator, BVN verification among others, “he explained.

After the presentation, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said the payment system would be subjected to an integrity test by the National Information Technology and Development Agency, NITDA.

Even as he said he was not pre-empting how UTAS and U3PS will be deployed, the minister said the advantages derived from both payment platforms could be used in enhancing the efficiency of IPPIS so that Nigeria can have a single payment platform.

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He called on the developers of the two university payment systems to identify common features in their platforms, but which were lacking in the IPPIS, so that the federal government’s payment platform can be upgraded to serve the country better.

According to him, the outcome will be subjected to comparison with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU’s developed University Transparency and Accountability Solution, UTAS, and the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr David Adejo Andrew, told the union to see the Federal Ministry of Education as its first point of call whenever it has a situation that needs to be addressed, saying it was only when the issues result in breakdown that it can approach the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment as an alternative.

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