The Senate, on Wednesday, launched an investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption leveled against officials of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System at various universities across the federation.
The Senate also resolved to hold an interactive session with the Head of Service, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Chairman of the Committee on Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, and other relevant stakeholders.
This was a sequel to a motion by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (Young Progressives Party, Anambra South) during Wednesday’s plenary.
IPPIS was introduced in 2007 to administer the monthly payroll of the federal government’s workers in a manner to guarantee confidence in staff emoluments.
There had been a disagreement between the Federal Government and ASUU on the preferred payment for Nigerian university staff.
FG insisted on IPPIS as the best payroll for the university system but ASUU rejected and recommended the University Transparency and Accountability Solution as a better alternative.
Since the introduction of the IPPIS, the university body has embarked on several strike actions to show their displeasure with the payroll method introduced by the Nigerian government.
