Tukur Muntari
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), has strongly condemned the partial and outright refusal by some public universities to mplement the salary component of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement.
The Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Kano Zone, Abdullahi Muhammad made the condemnation while addressing a news conference at the Bayero University Kano old campus on Wednesday.
“ASUU Kano Zone strongly condemns the partial or outright refusal to implement the salary component of the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement by a number of Vice Chancellors of public universities,” he said .
He said the enthusiasm generated by the unveiling of the agreement on the 14th January 2026 was gradually diminishing and may soon disappear if the government failed to honour its commitment to fully implement the agreement.
He said, “our concern arises from the government’s inability to constitute the implementation monitoring committee which was expected to protect the agreement from bureaucratic delays and inertia and ensure its effective implementation.”
He regretted that the federal government officials have implemented the agreement in fragmented and poorly coordinated manner, while only a few state governments have adopted and enforced the agreement.
“Administrators of federal universities have selectively implemented aspects of the Consolidated Academic Tool Allowances, Aarned Academic Allowances and Professorial Allowances, despite the fact that all these components were meant to be integrated into the Consolidated Academic Staff Salary Scale as part of the monthly remuneration package for academics,” Muhammad said.
According to the union, the consequences of failing to inaugurate the IMC are also evident in the flawed implementation of another major provision of the December 2025 agreement which the proposed National Research Council.
The union, therefore, called on both the Federal and State Government to respect the agreement in order to sustain industrial peace and harmony within the Nigerian universities.
“ASUU remains committed to ensuring that all its members fully benefit from the modest achievements secured through the eight-year negotiation process spanning 2017 to 2025,” he said.
He further emphasized the need for the governments to faithfully implement the provisions of the signed agreement to avoid disruptions of the university academic calendar and prevent unnecessary industrial unrest in the institutions.
“The patience and understanding shown by our members overtime have been stretched to the limit, and they are prepared to take appropriate action should the government continue to neglect its obligations,” he added.
