WorldStage Newsonline– The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Thursday lauded President Bola Tinubu for the removal of universities and other tertiary institutions from Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
The President of NANS, Mr Pedro Obi, gave the commendation in a statement in Enugu, shortly after the National Executive Council announced the removal of tertiary institutions lecturers from the IPPIS.
Obi said President Tinubu’s decision to amend the IPPIS policy and exempt tertiary institutions “is a testament to his understanding of challenges faced by these institutions”.
According to him, NANS will like to extend its heartfelt appreciation and commendation to President Bola Tinubu for his decisive action in removing universities and other tertiary institutions from the controversial IPPIS.
“NANS, the umbrella body of Nigerian students, recognises President Tinubu’s commitment to the progress and development of the education sector in Nigeria.”
The Federal Government had on Wednesdy removed tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with immediate effect.
Similarly, the institutions are now to recruit their personnel without recourse to the Office of the Head of Service of the federation in order to reduce bureaucracy involved in such exercises.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, who disclosed this at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja, said this was part of government efforts to reduce the challenges facing tertiary institutions.
‘’Today at council, a most important decision was taken concerning the education sector of the economy. The vexatious issue bordering the stakeholders in the sector, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was settled.
‘’The payment of universities staff through IPPIS has been settled and they are now to use their platform to pay their staff.
‘’They are now to also recruit their staff through normal criteria. They will, however, continue to be supervised by the Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission as is the practice,’’ he said.
