The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic has described the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information introduced by the Federal Government as fraud, calling for its scrapping .

The SSANIP members made this demand during their protest held at The Polytechnic, Ibadan .

The workers , who converged on Ibadan from polytechnics across the South – West also demanded payment of salary arrears of their members in Osun , Ondo , and Ogun states .

The National Vice President of SSANIP , Ayo Bankole , who led scores of other members of the association decried the deduction of pension contributions from their salaries without remitting same to pension fund administration .

He said , “Our demands are the immediate implementation of the NEEDS assessment report and the release of funds for the development of the Polytechnic sub – sector as had been done for the universities , without further delay .

“ The necessary inputs of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics in the proposed new scheme of service by the NBTE , before its release .

“ Directed attention to issues of non -payment of complete salaries , arrears of the new minimum wage for staff in the polytechnic sub – sector , hazard and shift duty allowances to medical staff in the polytechnics , draconian tax regime from consolidated rather than basic salaries of our members and non – release of pension funds to the various Pension Funds Administrators.

“ A re – prioritisation of policy by the Benue , Ondo, Ogun, Osun , Cross – River and Kano State governments toward the non – payment of complete /outstanding salaries as well as the withholding of union cheque – off dues in the Polytechnics and Colleges of Health Technology

“ The immediate resolution of all lingering issues around the IPPIS platform , even after almost a year since coming on board.

“ The immediate constitution of governing councils in all federal and state polytechnics . The immediate recourse to the implementation of the new minimum wage in all state polytechnics in the zone . ”

Punch