December 13, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government has approved the exemption of universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The exemption was approved on Wednesday at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, who disclosed this to State House correspondents after the Council meeting, said the exemption takes immediate effect.
Explaining the rationale behind the decision, Mamman emphasised the need for greater efficiency in managing universities, particularly concerning the inconvenience caused to Vice Chancellors who had to travel to Abuja for personnel salary processing.
“The president and the council are concerned about the efficiency of university management. The exemption is not about integrity or platform options but the erosion of autonomy granted to universities by their acts”, Mamman stated.
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, hailed the decision, emphasising the relief it brings to tertiary institutions. He highlighted that universities and other tertiary institutions would now handle the payment of their personnel independently, relieving them from dependence on the IPPIS.
“Today, the universities and other tertiary institutions have gotten a very big relief from the integrated personnel payroll and information system, the council has graciously approved that. What that means is that going forward, the universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education will be taken off the IPPIS”, Idris said.
