In a significant development, President Bola Tinubu has given the green light for public universities currently enlisted in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to disengage from the payment platform.
The disclosure came from the Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, who shared the information shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Tinubu.
Providing further details on the presidential directive, Minister of Information and National Orientation Muhammed Idris stated, “Today, the universities and other tertiary institutions have gotten a very big relief from the integrated payroll and personnel information system. You will recall that the university authorities and the others have been clamoring for the exemption of the universities and other tertiary institutions from this system.”
He continued, “Today, Council has graciously approved that. What that means is that going forward, the universities, like the Minister of Education has said, and other tertiary institutions, the polytechnics and colleges of education, will be taken off the IPPIS. What that means in simple language is that the university authorities and other tertiary institutions will now be paying their own personnel from their own end instead of relying on the IPPIS.”
This decision marks a significant shift in the management of payroll and personnel information for public universities, aligning with the sector’s longstanding request for autonomy in handling their financial affairs.
