As part move to resolve the agitations of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), the federal government has approved the Increment of lecturers salary by 23.5% and 35% for professors.
The federal government’s decision was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday in a meeting with vice-chancellors and other stakeholders in the university system.
According to the minister, President Muhammadu Buhari had cautioned against the signing of agreements which the government will not be able to meet.
He noted that, “the Federal Government can only afford a 23.5% salary increase for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35% upward review.
“Henceforth, allowances that pertain to ad-hoc duties of the academic and non-academic staff shall be paid as at when due by the Governing Councils of Universities to which such services are rendered and to the staff who perform
them.
“That a sum of 150 billion Naira shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget as funds for the revitalization of Federal Universities, to be disbursed to the Institutions in the First Quarter of the year, and that a sum of 50 billion Naira shall be provided for in the 2023 Budget for the payment of outstanding areas of earned academic allowances, to be paid in the First Quarter of the year”.
The pro-chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria, Professor Peter Okebukola, while speaking at the end of the meeting reiterated the government’s commitment to go all out to ensure that the university lecturers return back to school.