IPPIS: ASUP decries non-payment of staff salaries

The Minister, Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige (4th right) The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN (3rd right) the Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba (5th right),the President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi (right) in a meeting with the Federal Government and the members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) recently

Umar Shehu Usman

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 4:06:35 WAT

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has decried the non- payment of its members salaries and other emoluments in institutions in Abia, Benue, Imo, Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo and Kogi states.

The union also lamented the non-release of the agreed revitalisation fund and the NEEDs assessment grant for the revamping of the sector.

ASUP President Anderson Ezeibe was quoted as making the assertions in a statement over the weekend in Abuja, in which he also demanded the resolution of issues affecting the members without further delay.

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He said some of the issues are “poor implementation of the IPPIS in Federal Polytechnics before the payment of March 2020 salaries as captured in the union’s letter to the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.”

Anderson also noted that the federal government was yet to address non-release of the agreed revitalisation fund and the NEEDs assessment grant for revamping of the sector.

The union, after its 97th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Osun State, condemned the non-implementation and release of arrears of the consequential adjustments from the new minimum wage law as they relate to salaries of its members in states and federal institutions.