ASUU’s Opposition to IPPIS Needless, Says Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the opposition to the Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was needless.


Buhari, who was represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof Abubakar Rasheed, stated this while speaking at the 14th convocation ceremony of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday.

According to him, "I will not end this address without touching on the IPPIS, which has been in contention, and a needless one at that.



"I assure you all that IPPIS is not intended to trample upon university autonomy nor is it designed to subsume the university into the civil service.



"The primary intention of IPPIS is to enhance greater efficiency, transparency and better management of universities’ finances."


Buhari said transparency, which IPPIS sought to achieve, should be an important moral pillar of all universities, where students are graduated based on character and learning.

He added that all universities in the country must be committed to these cherished values if they are to serve as moral compasses to the society.



The president renewed his government commitment to work with patriotic elements to significantly improve Nigeria's fortune and negotiate a brighter future for all Nigerians, especially the youths.

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