President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced plans to remove universities from the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) to strengthen institutional autonomy and allow tertiary institutions to address staffing needs more efficiently. He disclosed this at the maiden convocation ceremony of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Azare (FUHSA), in Bauchi State, stating that the reforms are designed to make the university system more responsive and competitive. Represented by TETFund Executive Secretary Sunday Sylva Togo Echono, the President said the reforms would help universities attract and retain talent needed to improve teaching, research, innovation and national development. He also announced that the federal government had removed universities from the requirement to obtain recruitment waivers from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
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