BEVERLY HILLS, January 24, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has ordered that the salaries of staff of the federal tertiary institutions in Nigeria yet to be enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) be stopped immediately.
The affected federal government staff, who will not be paid salaries from January, are mostly members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU).
According to a letter from the office of the Accountant General of the federation, signed by the Director of IPPIS, Olufehinti, O. J, dated January 21, 2020, and directed to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, the minister was ordered not to release funds for the payment of January salaries for the affected workers.
The letter captioned, “Request for stoppage of release of funds for January Salaries to federal universities, Polytechnics and colleges of education”, reads, “I am directed to inform you that the preparation of January 2020 salary payroll and warrant of the federal tertiary institutions are on-gong and will be ready for submission on or before 29th of January, 2020.
“This is to give effect to the directive of the federal government that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies drawing personnel cost from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, CRF, should be enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS.
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“In order to actualise this directive, you are please requested not to release the funds for payment of salaries to the tertiary institutions as their salaries will henceforth be paid on the IPPIS platform with effect from January 2020.”
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