5 Years After Employment, Our Names Still Not In Payroll–University Workers

Five years after being employed, our names are yet to appear in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

This is the outcry of some staff employed in 209 by the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Awka.

They have decided not to let the matter lie low, and have embarked on a peaceful protest.

As they did, the showed posters of different inscriptions, lamenting different aspects of their grievances.

“We are dying of hunger and depression”, “Senate and House of Reps, our case needs urgent attention” and “Presidency and Head of Service, save our souls”, were some of the inscriptions on their placards

Others included “Federal Government, do come to our rescue”, “it’s been 4 years of employment with NAU without pay”, were some of the inscriptions on their placards..

A spokesperson for the group,  Mr Echezonam Ibezim rieterated the absence of their names in the payroll, added::

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Since Jan.1, 2019, when we got our employment letters and resumed work, we have not been paid a dime till today.

“The school management said we have to be captured in IPPIS.

“At some point, about 120 persons were sent text messages to go to Enugu for IPPIS capturing and after that, the remaining 1,311 persons were yet to be captured.

“They keep saying they are working on it, but this is four years running, nothing has been done, no salaries.

“We come to work regularly, the students I taught from year one have all graduated. What is our crime? We are suffering, many of us cannot afford to pay our rents and pay other bills.

“We are holding this protest to call the attention of the National Assembly, the HOS and Nigerians, to our plights. The Federal government should come to our rescue,” he said; amidst affirmations by the others.

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Presenting the side of the university on the protest, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Professor Joseph Ikechebelu, said the management was working to resolve the problem..

He thanked the staff members for their patience and understanding, adding however that something would be done about their concerns.