Leave us out of TSA policy - ASUU urges President

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the
Federal Government to exempt federal universities from the Treasury
Single Account (TSA) policy.
Dr Nasir Isa, President of ASUU made the call at a news conference on Tuesday
in Abuja.
Isa said TSA had made it difficult for the universities to discharge their duties,
especially in research.
“The practice will cause shortfalls in personnel costs and ASUU will be compelled to
take appropriate steps against it if this is not checked on time.
“TSA is incompatible with the autonomy of universities and our union calls on FG to
exempt it from implementation on account of peculiarities of the institutions.
According to him, federal universities experienced shortfalls in personnel cost in
December 2015 and January 2016.
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He said the adoption of the TSA was hindering payment of salaries.
“The TSA adopted by the Federal Government, ostensibly to ensure transparency and
avoid misapplication of public funds has constituted a clog in the wheel of progress
of federal universities in Nigeria.
“With the operation of TSA, federal universities find it difficult to discharge their core
responsibilities of teaching, research and community services,’’ Isa said.
He also said it was hindering international academic networking due to inadequate
access to budgeted funds.