 Finally, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel, as to the leadership of the House of Representatives, the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASU and the Office of the Accountant General have agreed to a timeline of three months to co-opt features of university transparency and accountability solutions, UTAAS, into the Integrated Payroll Personal Information System IPIS, to make it more efficient for salary payment for the lecturers. The agreement was reached at a tripartite meeting called by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Femig Bajabiamila. Immanuel Ehidjene reports. So, the demand of Academic Staff Union of Representatives and the Federal Government disagreements over mode of payment of staff salaries, the Speaker and the House leadership called at tripartite a meeting between all parties on Monday. Bajabiamila, while speaking on the essence of the meeting, said it is to have a timeline that will be acceptable to ASU and the Federal Government. It reminded ASU that the agreement in the last meeting with the leadership of the House was not features in UTAAS will be brought into IPPIS. ASU, let bygones be bygones, let us move forward on how to resolve the issues. The Accountant General has said, if I hear you correctly, that by January, February, you'll be done with this. That's the timeline you've given us. He said three months. Starting from maybe 1st of November, let's just say. Yeah, so January, February, everything would have been sorted. So, it is now subject to them cooperating and submitting the list of peculiarities that are associated with the investors. First then. His position was alighted more by the Acting Accountant General, Okilebo Silva. He assured that IPPIS will meet everyone's expectations. That was why we were saying that wouldn't it be better for the country in Nigeria to develop its own software so that the access will be unfettered within the country? And then you will now be in a position to control whatever information flows in and flows out. ASU President Mano Ossadeke, however, demanded an agreement to guarantee that the agreement to integrate features of UTAAS into IPPIS will not be reneged by the federal government on the long run or bearing in mind past agreement. He said UTAAS was not brought by ASU as an imposition for that it was the government that taxed ASU to come up with an app that will sanitize the payment system in the country since IPPIS has created more problems than solving them. This position was supported by another ASU member. Let us also stop going into this whole argument that IPPIS is a foreign software. No, it is not. It is locally designed. Okay, it is done by Soft Alliance Nigeria Ltd. They are Nigerians. So I don't know where this argument is coming from. Okay, so one last point Mr Speaker. Okay, now all of these arguments behind. Now ASU and your leadership and your members, I'm begging you, I'm pleading with you. Please come over. If now we are unable to do it, even when we stand and then we are unable, then come back and report to them ASU was later sure that the proposed software will achieve the desired result.