IPPIS: FG Pulls Out Universities, Others
*Action aimed at removing bureaucratic administrative bottlenecks
The federal government has pulled out all tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, also known as IPPIS, with immediate effect.
In a move designed to usher fresh air into the country's tertiary level of education and reduce bureaucratic interference, it also ordered that henceforth, they are to conduct their personnel recruitment exercise without recourse to the Office of the Head of Service of the federation.
The development was disclosed to newsmen on by the minister of education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, shortly after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting on Wednesday.
According to the minister, the development is part of government's efforts to reduce the challenges facing tertiary institutions across the country.
‘’Today at council, a most important decision was taken concerning the education sector of the economy. The vexatious issue bordering the stakeholders in the sector, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was settled.
‘’The payment of universities staff through IPPIS has been settled and they are now to use their platform to pay their staff.
‘’They are now to also recruit their staff through normal criteria. They will, however, continue to be supervised by the Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission as is the practice,’’ he said
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