The Federal Government (FG) through the Accountant General of the Federation, Sylvia Okolieaboh has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that they would be accommodated on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Okolieaboh made the plea on Thursday during the meeting between ASUU and the House of Representatives.

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results for the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The results were announced on Thursday by the NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi at the Council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, adding that candidates should check NECO’s website for results.

The Federal Government through the National University Commission, NUC has directed University Vice Chancellors, VCs to immediately open schools and resume lectures for students. The matching order was issued through a letter signed by the Director, Finance and Account of the NUC, Sam Onazi, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, ES, of the Commission, professor Abubakar Rasheed. Vigil360 learned that the letter was made available to all VCs; pro-chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of all federal universities.

Officials of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, have disclosed that the integrated Personnel Payroll Information System, IPPIS, the university Transparency Accountability Solution, UTAS and the University Peculiar Personnel and Payroll System, U3PS all have failed the integrity test as a payment platform for the university system. NITDA made this known when it was summoned by the House of Representatives together with the Head of Service, Folasade Yemi-Esan, and officials of the Academic Staff Union, ASUU.

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN, sitting in Abuja has directed the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU to immediately suspend the industrial action and resume back to work. Justice Polycap Hamman, the presiding judge ruled today that the industrial action was an affront to section 18(1)(2) of Trade Dispute Act that frown the action of the academicians. The Judge posited that the use of “shall” in the Act means a Mandatory provision restraining the industrial action pending the determination of the suit before the court.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has prayed on a House of Representatives committee to exclude it from annual budgetary allocation. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, made the request on Wednesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives committee on finance at the interactive session on the 2023-2025 medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF). Oloyede said the board should be allowed to make an upward review of its examination fee as a “condition” for JAMB to be excluded from budgetary allocation. The committee is currently holding a public hearing on the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) ahead of the 2023 budget presentation by the executive arm. “There is nowhere that the government funds this type of examination,” Oloyede said.