In a related development, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said that the Federal Government can only afford a 23.5% salary increase for all categories of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre which will enjoy a 35% upward review.
Speaking during a meeting with vice chancellors and other stakeholders in education, he said that 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.
He also stated 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 Nigerian government also constituted another committee to review the report submitted by the Professor Briggs renegotiation committee earlier set up to review the 2009 agreement with the striking university workers’ unions.
The newly constituted 14-man committee is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu and has pro chancellors, vice-chancellors and other stakeholders.
Also included are the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, a professor; and three representatives of the Academies of Letters, Science and Medicine.
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