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IPPIS: You’re a
frustrated account clerk – UI blasts
AGF
By Uji Abdullahi
Iliyasu
Abuja
The Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the Accountant-General of the
Federation (AGF) Mr Ahmed Idris, as a frustrated ‘account clerk’.
Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the Accountant-General of the
Federation (AGF) Mr Ahmed Idris, as a frustrated ‘account clerk’.
This is coming as
ASUU members have refused to enroll into the Integrated payroll and Personnel
Information System (IPPIS).
ASUU members have refused to enroll into the Integrated payroll and Personnel
Information System (IPPIS).
ASUU condemned the
AGF for threatening to sanction vice chancellors who have refused to enroll on
what it called ‘fraud platform’.
AGF for threatening to sanction vice chancellors who have refused to enroll on
what it called ‘fraud platform’.
A lecturer who
prefers anonymity told Blueprint that AGF, Mr Idris, had in a letter dated
December 2nd, 2019, advised some vice chancellors who are yet to enroll on
IPPIS to do so on or before December 6, failure of which will attract
appropriate sanctions.
prefers anonymity told Blueprint that AGF, Mr Idris, had in a letter dated
December 2nd, 2019, advised some vice chancellors who are yet to enroll on
IPPIS to do so on or before December 6, failure of which will attract
appropriate sanctions.
However, ASUU
chairman at the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Deji Omole, stated that it
was unfortunate that vice chancellors had become “errand boys that will now be
threatened by an account clerk”.
chairman at the University of Ibadan (UI), Professor Deji Omole, stated that it
was unfortunate that vice chancellors had become “errand boys that will now be
threatened by an account clerk”.
Omole said the
threat against VCs was an indication of government’s frustration due to
overwhelming refusal of ASUU chapters across the nation not to enroll on
obnoxious platform.
threat against VCs was an indication of government’s frustration due to
overwhelming refusal of ASUU chapters across the nation not to enroll on
obnoxious platform.
Omole in a
statement on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, pointed out that it
was unfortunate that the likes of Ahmed Idris whose office have continued to
extort public university bursars via unlawful kickbacks, was the one claiming
he wants to use IPPIS to ensure transparency and accountability.
statement on Wednesday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, pointed out that it
was unfortunate that the likes of Ahmed Idris whose office have continued to
extort public university bursars via unlawful kickbacks, was the one claiming
he wants to use IPPIS to ensure transparency and accountability.
Omole, therefore
hailed some vice chancellors for refusing to be enslaved, added that it was woe
to a nation where intellectuals become errand boys to those who cannot pass
ICAN exam.
hailed some vice chancellors for refusing to be enslaved, added that it was woe
to a nation where intellectuals become errand boys to those who cannot pass
ICAN exam.
“It is a very sad development for any nation
having the likes of Idris as the chief accountant of the nation.
having the likes of Idris as the chief accountant of the nation.
“It takes someone
with scholarship to appreciate scholars,” Omole said.
with scholarship to appreciate scholars,” Omole said.
Omole maintained
that the union despite charting a template for the federal government on the
matter would not be turned to “errand boys of corrupt civil servants.”
that the union despite charting a template for the federal government on the
matter would not be turned to “errand boys of corrupt civil servants.”