OAGF suggest incorporation of ASUU’s demand on IPPIS
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, OAGF, has accepted to accommodate the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), peculiarities allowances in the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information Payment System(IPPIS).
The acting Accountant General of the Federation, Okolieaboh Sylva, said this at a meeting of the union with the Minister of Labor and Productivity, Chris Ngige, and the leadership of the House of Representatives on Thursday 29 September in Abuja.
Mr. Sylva said that if there were peculiarities allowances in ASUU’s pay, what needed to be done was to incorporate them in the platform, adding that the office of the Accountant General was willing to incorporate ASUU’s peculiarities.
Mr. Sylva expressed reservation over ASUU’s insistence for the incorporation of the UTAS payment platform for its members. Mr. Sylva said that the incorporation of ASUU’s demand on IPPIS platform could be done without President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, adding that there was nothing complicated about the issue once ASUU agreed to the offer.
In his words, “Let us sit down and know what these issues are and address them inside IPPIS. We can correct whatever mistake we make now.”
“If we accept what ASUU is saying, it will create room for everyone to be asking for their own payment platform, the military is on IPPIS and health workers, ASUU should sit down with us and see the progress we have made.”
“In the spirit of reconciliation, if ASUU knows what can be done, we are willing to adopt it to resolve this issue. It doesn’t make sense not to accept, let ASUU come to us, we are willing to accept.
“If we are going to adopt UTAS, that shows we are going to build the salaries of other civil servants to UTAS.”
Source: Daily Nigerian.com
#EduSAVINGS#EduLOANS#EduSURE#INTERNSHIP#SCHOLARSHIP#EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE#ENTERPRENUERSHIP#PressPayNg#TERTIARY#EDUCATION#TUITION#FEES#UNIVERSITY#POLYTECHNIC#MONOTECHNIC#FELLOWSHIP#COLLEGEOFEDUCATION#HOLIDAYJOBS#SOFTSKILLSTRAINING
