Tinubu okays exclusion of public varsities, polytechnics from IPPIS

• He added that what the approval meant was that the management of these public tertiary institutions would now start paying their staff with their own payment platforms

President Bola Tinubu has approved the exit of public universities from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, made the disclosure on Wednesday, shortly after the Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu.

Shedding more light on the development, Minister of Information and National Orientation Muhammed Idris said: “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 clamouring for the exemption of the universities and other tertiary institutions from this system”

He stated that the council acceded to the request of the tertiary institutions to be allowed to exit the payment platform.

He added that what the approval meant was that the management of these public tertiary institutions would now start paying their staff with their own payment platforms.

“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.”