IPPIS: Buhari didn’t order stoppage of lecturers’ salaries – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, dismissed
suggestions that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari
(retd.), has directed the stoppage of salaries of university
lecturers yet to enrol into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel
Information System.

ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in a statement in Abuja,
giving brief details of the lecturers’ meeting with the President
on Thursday.

ASUU’s President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, led national officers of
the union to the meeting, which started at 3pm.

But, the unionists did not address State House Correspondents
after the meeting end.

Ogunyemi, in the statement on Tuesday, also said rumours that
Buhari directed stoppage of lecturers’ salaries were fake.

He emphasised that ASUU met with Buhari on Thursday and
discussed the IPPIS issue, which the union had rejected “with sound
reasons.”

“To put the records straight, at no point during the meeting did
President Buhari put a closure to the ongoing discussion on ASUU’s
preference for the University Transparency and Accountability
Solution.

“He also did not direct that salaries of ASUU members be stopped
for failure to enroll in the IPPIS.

“Any report to the contrary is circulated to mislead the
public,” he said.

He added that ASUU was committed to its tradition of
consultation and dialogue which informed the engagement with Buhari
last week.

“We had useful discussions with the President and we are hopeful
that our prayers will receive the expected prompt attention,” he
added. (NAN)

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