SAN FRANCISCO, October 30, (THEWILL) – The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Plannning, Zainab Ahmed, has declared that there is no going back on the October 31 deadline President Muhammadu Buhari gave public servants to register for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
Ahmed spoke to journalists after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja saying that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) must also join the IPPIS as every federal worker must enrol on the platform according to the president’s directive.
“I didn’t see the notice that ASUU is to go on strike if they are forced to be on the IPPIS. The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has directed that every agency of government, every worker must be on the IPPIS. And my job is to comply with the President’s directive. That is what I do and we are going to do that,” she said.
The minister, however, said there is still room for negotiation, adding, “We will be engaging ASUU; we will be discussing with them.”
