Lecturers, under the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, have protested the non payment and deductions made from thier February salary.
It was gathered that the deductions were made due to their non enrollment in the Integrated Payment and Personnel Information System.
The COEASU National President, Nuhu Ogirima, in a statement in Abuja, stated that Federal Government did not consider the peculiarities of tertiary institutions in the IPPIS and that the lecturers’ pension and the “imposed obnoxious tax deductions were effected on gross earnings of staff, which included non-taxable allowances, as against the basic salary on which such deductions ought to be effected.”
“It is evident that the peculiarities of the Colleges of Education subsector, despite the stakeholders’ meetings with IPPIS office, prior to its implementation, have not been reflected, Ogirima said.
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“For the avoidance of doubt, the February salary paid by the Federal Government did not include the Peculiar Earned Academic Allowance. Also not paid are staff on sabbatical leave. In addition, indiscriminate deductions were effected on all staff salary, for the National Housing Fund, a voluntary scheme to which most staff did not subscribe.
The Federal Government, in line with its directive, has stated that only varsity lecturers who have been captured on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) will get their January salaries, which has been speculated to be paid on Friday, January 31.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been against the Federal Government over the creation of the IPPIS, mandating all varsity lecturers to be captured on it.
The creation of the IPPIS was later followed by a warning to all lecturers who have refused to be registered that they would not get their January salaries paid, owing to the advice from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and The Minister of Justice.