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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