President Bola Tinubu has given approval for public universities captured in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, to exit the payment platform.
The Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir, disclosed the information on Wednesday, shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.
Mamman said the President and the Council were concerned about the efficiency of management of the universities, noting that the decision had nothing to do with integrity or options of platforms.
According to Mamman, the President and the Council were concerned about the efficiency of management of the universities, noting that the decision had nothing to do with integrity or options of platforms.
Offering more explanations on the Presidential directive, Minister of Information and National Orientation , Muhammed Idris said, “The universities and other tertiary institutions have gotten a very big relief from the integrated payroll and personnel information system.
“You will recall that the university authorities and the others have been clamouring for the exemption of the universities and other tertiary institutions from this system.
“Today, Council has graciously approved that. What that means is that going forward, the universities like the Minister of Education has said and other tertiary institutions, the polytechnics and colleges of education will be taken off the IPPIS”, he added.
Recall that the IPPIS was one of the contending issues for which the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on industrial action for eight months in 2022, grounding academic activities in all public universities especially, federal government-owned ones.
