The Federal Authorities has unveiled a renegotiated settlement with the Tutorial Employees Union of Universities(ASUU) to enhance the standard of Nigeria’s public college system.
The settlement was offered on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa.
The event comes after many years of unresolved remuneration disputes, welfare considerations and recurring industrial actions which have repeatedly disrupted educational actions throughout federal universities.
What they’re saying
In response to Alausa, President Tinubu took private possession of resolving long-standing disputes which have affected the college system for many years.
“For many years, unresolved remuneration considerations, welfare gaps, and recurring industrial disputes disrupted educational calendars, undermined workers morale, and threatened the way forward for our younger individuals. Underneath the management of President Bola Tinubu, we intentionally selected dialogue over discord, reform over delay, and determination over rhetoric,” he mentioned.
Alausa defined {that a} central provision of the settlement is the assessment of the remuneration bundle for tutorial workers in federal tertiary establishments, as authorised by the Nationwide Salaries, Revenue and Wages Fee, with impact from January 1, 2026.
He mentioned college educational workers salaries had been elevated by 40% to spice up morale, efficiency, and international competitiveness. The rise is applied by a consolidated educational instruments allowance, distinctive to college workers and constructed into the wage construction. This allowance covers journal publications, convention participation, web entry, realized society membership, and ebook allowances.
The minister added that 9 beforehand earned educational allowances had now been clearly structured, made clear and tied strictly to duties carried out, in an effort to promote productiveness, accountability and equity throughout the system.
New professorial credit score allowance
The settlement additionally introduces a brand new professorial credit score allowance, which Alausa described as the primary of its form authorised by the federal authorities.
In response to him, the allowance applies strictly to full time professors and educational readers, in recognition of their heavy scholarly, administrative and analysis obligations.
He defined that professors would obtain an further N1.8 million every year, amounting to about N140,000 month-to-month, whereas educational readers would obtain N840,000 every year, or N70,000 month-to-month.
Alausa mentioned the allowance is designed to assist analysis coordination, educational documentation, correspondence and administrative effectivity, permitting senior lecturers to focus extra on educating, mentorship, innovation and data manufacturing.
The minister disclosed that implementation of the settlement has already commenced, noting that the Nationwide Salaries, Revenue and Wages Fee had issued a round directing the total implementation of the wages part. The settlement is efficient from January 1, 2026, consistent with the federal government’s dedication.
What it is best to know
The settlement represents the end result of a renegotiation course of that started in 2017, following delays in revisiting the 2009 settlement that was due for renegotiation in 2012.
In response to ASUU, a number of committees had been constituted between 2017 and 2022 underneath totally different administrations, together with these chaired by Wale Babalakin, Munzali Jibrin and Nimi Briggs, however none produced a collective bargaining settlement.
He mentioned the present administration inaugurated a brand new renegotiation committee chaired by Alhaji Yayale Ahmed in October 2024, with an settlement reached about 14 months later.
The Union’s most up-to-date main industrial motion occurred in October 2025 when ASUU commenced a two‑week nationwide strike, marking its 18th strike in 26 years.