University lecturers jettison IPPIS for UTAS in payment system row
UTAS would help curb corruption in the academic system, the union says
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Benin zone, on Tuesday, backed the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) in place of the federal government Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System, (IPPIS)
It said it is rejecting IPPIS as a payment platform because it was not suitable for the university system and was not designed to accommodate the peculiarities of academic institutions.
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ASSU Benin zonal coordinator, Prof. Fred Esumeh, stated this in Benin while reacting to issues affecting universities in the country.
According to him, UTAS would help curb corruption in the academic system.
“ASUU has promised an alternative software that would be compatible with the university system and towards this, the federal government accepted the UTAS in principle and approved that it be developed by ASUU, as a platform for the financial administration of universities staff monthly payroll and accounting processes in federal universities.
He said the federal government also pledged that when fully developed, the UTAS would be subjected to various integrity tests in order to verify its efficacy as a software that can pass the necessary attribute tests as specified by Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency, (NIIDA)
Prof. Esumeh said, ASUU has proposed a time frame of 18 months to the federal government to develop the UTAS and subject it to the integrity evaluation tests.