IPPIS Archives - Intervention

Act Now to Avert the Looming Crisis – ASUU

Posted By: adminon: August 09, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU, Books, Chemicals, Collective bargaining, Electronic and physical journals, FGN-ASSU Agreement, ILO, IPPIS, Laboratories, Libraries, MoUs/MoAs, NUC, ReagentsNo CommentsViews:

By Christopher Piwuna* The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, was recently quoted to have declared that “not again ever in this country will ASUU or tertiary institutions, trade unions... Read more

Very Welcome News on IPPIS From the House of Representatives in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 09, 2023In: Policy & GovernanceTags: ASUU, DSS, Former President Muhammadu Buhari, HoR, IPPIS, Mallam Adamu Adamu, NUC, Police, President Bola Tinubu1 CommentViews:

It is, of course, great news that the House of Representatives (HoR) in Nigeria is set to pull the university system out of the notorious Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System... Read more

ASUU and Its Discontents in Temporal Power

Posted By: adminon: August 28, 2022In: De-EscalationTags: ASUU-FN Agreement, Briggs’ Committee, Dr. Chris Ngige, IPPIS, Mallam Adamu Adamu, UTAS, ‘No work – No pay’No CommentsViews:

By Chijioke Uwasomba The negotiations for a better deal for the public-funded Nigerian universities between the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the Academic Staff Union of Universiti... Read more

Not Yet the End of the Historic ASUU – FG Conflict in Nigeria?

Posted By: adminon: February 05, 2022In: BookspaceTags: ASUU, CAN, IPPIS, NIREC, NUC, UNIJOSNo CommentsViews:

Is it possible that the outcome of the intervention in the age-old conflict between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria by the Nigeria Inte... Read more

What ASUU Must Do Now That It Has Won the War

Posted By: adminon: December 23, 2020In: Policy & GovernanceTags: IPPIS, Revitalisation, ‘Ceremonial capitulation’No CommentsViews:

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has suspended its nine month long strike action over degeneration of public universities in Nigeria. But it has only suspended the strike ac... Read more

Ngige, Nwajiuba and Others in What is at Stake in the Current ASUU Strike in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: November 17, 2020In: SpectacleTags: 'Imperfect Obligation', ASUU leadership, IPPIS, NUC, Prof Ben NwabuezeNo CommentsViews:

By Chijioke Uwasomba, Ph.D This is not a time to play coy or quibble as the government of Muhammadu Buhari unleashes its arsenal on the university system in Nigeria. We have gone through thi... Read more

How ASUU Will Vanquish Ahmed Idris, aka Mallam Amadu Mai Kanti, (AGF)

Posted By: adminon: May 21, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Alan Greenspan, IPPIS, J. P Morgan, Lee Lacocca, Robin HoodNo CommentsViews:

By A/Prof Aliyu Barau One of the skills of the academic and researcher is to draw out meanings from things, persons and events of interest. Thus, scholars explain things from behind theorie... Read more

My ASUU Colleagues and “Doomsday Prepping”

Posted By: adminon: May 20, 2020In: BookspaceTags: "Cheapscapes", IPPIS, NUCNo CommentsViews:

By Prof Ibrahim Bello-Kano Not many people have heard of the term “doomsday prepping”. It’s a common mentality among people who suspect that some disaster, some doomsday, i... Read more

Question Now is Unlocking Nigeria Because, Long Before COVID-19, Nigeria Has Been On Lockdown Anyway

Posted By: adminon: April 15, 2020In: SpectacleTags: IPPIS, Tesla Company, TETFund, UTASNo CommentsViews:

Dr Murtala Muhammad, activist academic with the Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, argues that, long before COVID-19, Nigeria had been on a prolonged lockdown, offering his ow... Read more

The Issue Before Us As ASUU Is the Need to Scale Up Our Doggedness

Posted By: adminon: April 06, 2020In: De-EscalationTags: Frantz Fanon, IBB Government, IPPIS, Rentier StateNo CommentsViews:

Anybody unsure of ASUU’s depth of determination to push ahead on its current strike action and how long the strike may last should take this as the most concrete indicator from the bowel of... Read more