Abbas Yushau Yusuf
The Academic Staff Union Of Universities ASUU has accused the office of the accountant General of the Federation of perpetrating Fraud with the system.
The Zonal Coordinator Of ASUU Kano Zone Professor Mahmud Lawal stated this while addressing Journalists at the Headquarters of the Union in Kano.
ASUU Berates FG on IPPIS and Emoluments
Prof Lawal Said ASUU have since presented a local software procured by the Nigerian Universities noting that IPPIS has an Inbuilt mechanism for escalating Corruption when payroll is centralised in the office of the accountant general of the federation and there are reported cases of Fraud being perpetrated by the Staff of the AGF’s Office.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU says the forceful enrollment of Nigerian Universities into the Integrated Role and Information System IPPIS and underfunding is meant to destroy the Nigerian Public Universities.
Professor Lawal Said as at now the number of Private Universities have outweighed Public Universities in Nigeria and the Federal Government is day and night giving out licence for the operation of Private Universities.
He said all over the world it is only Nigerian Universities that are currently in Crisis.
The University Don said they will not enroll into the IPPIS platform due to the dangers associated with it.
Professor Mahmud Lawal Said the Federal Government is yet to fulfill 11 year promise of earned academic allowances.
According to him the only year some funds were released for the revatalisation of Nigerian Universities was in 2014 during the Jonathans administration to the tune of 200 billion Naira for Physical infrastructure and learning of resources.
The 1.3 Trillion Naira required for the revatalisation of the universities was in 2012 on NEEDS assessment and it was agreed to be released in batches.
Prof Lawal Said the only time the part of the revatalisation fund was released was the year 2014 and from then the Government went to sleep.
He calls on stakeholders to continue to draw the attention of the Government over the dangers of extinction Nigerian Universities are facing.
