The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared that it will not be cowed into enrolling its members on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The union, while reacting to the directive by the Federal government which seeks to stop the salaries of university employees who have not enrolled on the scheme, described the move as blackmail to weaken workers and make them enroll on the platform.
The Chairman of the University of Port Harcourt Branch of ASUU, Dr Austen Sado, is quoted to have said that the directive by the government clearly shows that there is something the Federal government is not telling the people.
He said: “It (directive to stop salaries) clearly shows that there is something the Federal government is not telling the people. They are not paying us (some lecturers). So, why are they saying by November?
“What they are doing now is just blackmail and threat to see how they would weaken our members to go and enroll (on IPPIS). People who have not enrolled are not being paid; some people for eight months, some for three, going to four months. I have not been paid salary since July, while some people have not been paid since February”.