ASUU Strike: Minister Doubt If ASUU Has Money For Hardware Backing

Minister of Labour and employment; senator Chris Ngige has disclosed that even if UTAS (University Transperency and Accountability Solution) has passed the integrity test, a hardware will be required to protect it from hacking and other Challenges that could affect it.

He said, even if the government had accept the UTAS as a payment mode against the IPPIS which has been rejected by ASUU;  The senator still doubt if ASUU has the financial capability to finance the procurement of the necessary hardware for its implementation.

The Minister said that the Federal Government did not make any budgetary provision for the procurement of the UTAS hardware and wondered if the union has the required finances for such a project.

Ngige, however, said government has already forwarded the UTAS software to the Nigeria Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for integrity test, saying that government will not want to discourage any Nigerian from providing homegrown solutions to issues.

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