Nigeria, Oct. 28 -- Nigerian federal university workers on Monday again said they would automatically go on strike in November if the government carries out its threat to withhold their October salary for refusing to enrol in a 'new' payment system.

The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) are locking horns over the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payment Information System (IPPIS).

ASUU rejected the system, saying IPPIS will cost federal universities their "hard-earned autonomy."

Tired of dragging the matter with ASUU, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation last week said the staff of any university that failed to enrol in IPPIS would not be paid their October salaries

But th...