IPPIS: Uniben ASUU says no threat; blackmail will sway its resolve.

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of
Benin chapter has reiterated its unequivocal rejection of
Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)
and vowed that no amount of threat or blackmail will sway its
resolve.
It made the vow in support of the decision taken at the end of
the National Executive Council(NEC) meeting held a few days
earlier.
In a statement signed by M. J. Omoregie(chairperson) and F.
C. Amaechina (Secretary) the UNIBEN ASUU stated that it was
appalled “by the continuing charade of the office Accountant-
General of the Federation(OAGF) aimed at forcibly
implementing the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information
System(IPPIS) in Nigeria federal universities.
“We have equally come to the conclusion that it is the federal
government’s ploy to renege on its agreement with our union
in furtherance of its intent on abdicating its duty and
responsibility to adequately fund education in Nigeria.
“In particular, we note that the government is scheming to
abandon the long-overdue renegotiation of the ASUU-FGN
2009 Agreement and also avoid fully honouring the February
2019 Memorandum of Action(MoA) it freely signed with ASUU.
“And, for the umpteenth time, we restate our unequivocal
rejection of IPPIS and vow that no amount of threat or
blackmail will sway our resolve.”
Based on this ASUU resolved that its position that members
should not enroll in IPPIS stands and is reaffirmed by the
Congress.
Also, it unanimously aligned itself with the NEC declaration to
call out its members on a nationwide strike if any member of
the union is victimised for refusal to enroll in the IPPIS
platform in the spirit of ‘an injury to one is an injury to all.’
Going further, the union said it identifies with the decision of
ASUU NEC to engage the federal government on the
outstanding issues of the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement
and the February 2019 MoA and has resolved to comply fully if
ASUU is compelled to declare a nationwide strike should the
federal government renege on the full implementation of any
aspect of both the agreement and the MoA.
The union called on all and sundry to join forces with ASUU “to
salvage this nation from the stranglehold of this regime of
insensitive leadership.”