IPPIS has Always Been a Medium to Embezzle Funds-ASUU.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Federal University Otuoke, FUO, has condemned the federal government’s insistence on Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, as a platform for payment against the Universities Transparency Accountability Solution, UTAS, preferred by ASUU, claiming that IPPIS has always been a conduit pipe for dissipation of resources.
The Chairperson of ASUU FUO chapter, Mr. Socrates Ebo, in a statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa on Sunday, said a report of the Auditor-General of the Federation has shown that IPPIS is an ineffective platform that can be easily compromised.
According to Mr. Ebo report by the National Information Technology Develop Agency, NITDA, rated UTAS as excellent, however there is a plot underground to frustrate ASUU amid the desperation to protect IPPIS.
“By its own report, NITDA acknowledges that UTAS scored 99.3%in the about 698 tests it conducted on UTAS. How do you fail a student that scored over 99% in an examination? Welcome to Buhari’s special Nigeria.
“Is someone trying to get back at ASUU for rejecting the professorship award bazaar?
Who on earth fails a student that has scored over 99% in an examination when 70% is the First Class grade?
“This is a clear evidence of malice. It is clear someone up there is trying to get back at ASUU. Is there a racket associated with IPPIS? Why the desperation to protect IPPIS which scored an “F” when subjected to the same tests given to UTAS? Who is benefiting from IPPIS? Who are players behind the mask?” Mr. Ebo Questions.
