Tag: University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS)

ASUU STRIKE:NANS Makes Good Its Threats, Grounds Lagos Airport

Abibat Babalola

NANS makes good of its threats to block the Airports over the ASUU strike. Students under the platform of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to press down their demands for the government to resolve the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike which has dragged on for almost seven months. As early as 7.00 am, the students with various placards had taken over all the entry and exit points of the airport, causing gridlock on the busy Airport and Moboljai…

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COEASU insists on migration of academics to UTAS

Abibat Babalola

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has insisted on the migration of academics in tertiary institutions to the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). UTAS is an ingenious alternative pay platform innovated by ASUU. The President of the union, Dr Smart Olugbeko, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Olugbeko said that the insistence on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) had opened the payroll up to unilateral manipulations and fraud perpetrated by individuals. READ ALSO: Buhari orders NITDA…

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