The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has hinted that the body was considering the enrolment of its members into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System to promote industrial peace and harmony.
Its National President, Usman Dutse, at the end of an Emergency meeting with officials of the Accountant General of the Federation in Abuja, said the union’s fears had been allayed.
News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the body had all along expressed its reservations on joining the scheme, citing the autonomy it enjoyed as well as the peculiarities associated with the academic environment.
The body had on October 10, issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address some of its issues and that of IPPIS enrolment or risk indefinite withdrawal of services by its members nationwide.
But the Federal Government had directed that any worker not on the IPPIS would no longer receive salary with effect from October 31.
The President had directed that all Ministries, Departments Agencies drawing their salary from Consolidated Revenue Funds should join by the end of October 2019.
“Actually, we just finished meeting with the director of IPPIS and his team, they came and made presentation that indicates a template that captured our fears.
“Because in the series of meetings we had with them, we have identified our peculiarities which need to be addressed, and in this meeting we held, they have made that presentation which indicates that they have captured those peculiarities.
“They promised that this arrangement will address all our fears and we believe that what they said is going to be implemented because that assurance is given.
“We believe that Government on its own side has promised to address the issues, and we hope that it is going to be executed as agreed and as presented.
“From now, we are going back to our congresses, to our national executive council meeting to present what we have received here, whether it will guide our subsequent decisions and actions.
“Particularly, the issue of retirement age, 65 years has been captured, issue of our allowances also has been indicated, sabbatical, part-time, visiting also, has also been addressed.
ASUP may consider IPPIS enrolment for members
