By Maryam Abeeb
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has tasked the Federal Government to also review the centralisation of payroll administration through the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The President of COEASU, Smart Olugbeko said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja .
Olugbeko said that the policy undermined the statutory functions of the governing councils, and breaches the establishment integrity of the tertiary education sector in general and the College of Education system in particular.
According to him, IPPIS has become a means of defrauding COEASU members as there are thousands of cases of short-payment, outright non-payment, unlawful delay and/or withholding of third party deductions.
“For example, the centralisation of payroll administration through the IPPIS undermines the statutory functions of the Governing Councils, breaches the establishment integrity of the tertiary education sector in general and the College of Education system in particular.
“It opens the payroll up to unilateral manipulations and all manners of fraud beyond the control of the managements of our institutions.
” It has eroded the power and authority of Provosts and governing councils to employ as the office of the Head of Service determines who and when to employ.
“IPPIS contravenes global best practices in the management of tertiary institutions and disrespects the peculiarities of the COE system.
“The President also needs to address the unlawful sack of governing councils in violation of their statutory tenure of three years and contravention of the FCE Establishment Act.
“We urge President Bola Tinubu to revisit the issue of IPPIS in the interest justice and industrial harmony,” the COEASU President stated.
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