FG begins implementation of 40% CAA improve for ASUU members 

The Federal Authorities has begun implementing the 40% improve within the Consolidated Tutorial Allowance (CAA) for lecturers in federal universities.

That is in keeping with an announcement by Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa on Monday, February 9, 2026.

The transfer follows the signing of the revised settlement on January 14, 2026, geared toward ending recurring strikes and bettering working situations in public universities.

What the Minister mentioned 

Based on Dr. Tunji Alausa, the rise within the Consolidated Tutorial Allowance for ASUU members has been fulfilled.

• “The Federal Authorities has fulfilled its obligation underneath the settlement by approving the 40 % consolidated tutorial allowance (CAA) improve for ASUU members, with impact from January 1, 2026.” 

He added that some federal universities have already mirrored the increment in wage funds and that every one establishments are being formally notified to combine the rise into their payroll techniques to make sure uniform implementation nationwide.

Dr Alausa directed vice chancellors to make sure strict compliance with the framework for the Consolidated Tutorial Instruments Allowance and emphasised prudent monetary administration to facilitate profitable rollout.

He additional famous that the cost has been captured and circularised by the Nationwide Salaries, Incomes and Wages Fee (NSIWC) and included within the 2026 price range as a part of statutory procedures.

Stand up to hurry 

The revised ASUU settlement comes after years of pressure and periodic nationwide strikes over poor welfare provisions and funding gaps in public universities.

• The revision unveiled final month concluded a course of that started in 2017 to evaluate the 2009 pact, initially due for revision in 2012. Earlier committees led by Wale Babalakin, Munzali Jibrin, and Nimi Briggs did not finalise an settlement.

The breakthrough got here underneath the present administration via the Yayale Ahmed-led renegotiation committee inaugurated in October 2024, which reached a conclusion 14 months later

• A serious provision features a 40% upward evaluate of the remuneration of federal college tutorial employees, efficient January 1, 2026.
• Salaries now comprise the Consolidated College Tutorial Workers Wage and the Consolidated Tutorial Instruments Allowance, supposed to help analysis, journal publications, convention participation, web entry, skilled memberships, and ebook procurement.

The settlement additionally restructured 9 earned allowances protecting postgraduate supervision, fieldwork, medical duties, examinations, and management roles to reinforce transparency and equity.

Moreover, a brand new Professorial Cadre Allowance was accredited: full-time Professors will obtain N1.74 million yearly, whereas Readers will earn N840,000 per yr, marking a structural measure to recognise expertise, strengthen dignity, and increase the educational career.

Extra insights

The Federal Authorities emphasised that the well timed implementation of the CAA improve and CATA will strengthen the educational surroundings, increase employees morale, and enhance outcomes in instructing, analysis, and studying throughout Nigerian universities.

Dr. Alausa additionally reaffirmed the federal government’s dedication to honoring agreements with schooling sector stakeholders, selling transparency and industrial concord, and supporting the broader targets of the Renewed Hope Agenda to reinforce increased schooling high quality.

What it’s best to know 

In 2009, ASUU and the Nigerian authorities reached an settlement which was supposed to deal with important points inside Nigeria’s public universities, together with improved funding, higher working situations for lecturers, and the institution of a extra conducive tutorial surroundings.

• Because the settlement, public universities have been repeatedly disrupted by strikes. These industrial actions, usually spanning a number of months, have turn into a recurring characteristic over funding, welfare, and coverage implementation.
• ASUU launched into an indefinite strike in 2010 that lasted over 5 months, protesting the federal government’s failure to implement the 2009 settlement. This was adopted by a 59-day strike in 2011, once more attributable to non-implementation of the settlement.

Probably the most extended strike occurred in 2013, lasting roughly 5 and a half months, triggered by points such because the non-payment of earned allowances and insufficient funding for college revitalization.

• In 2014, ASUU carried out a one-week warning strike, emphasizing the federal government’s neglect of the 2009 settlement and a 2013 Memorandum of Understanding.
• Subsequent strikes occurred in 2017, 2018, and 2020, every lasting a number of weeks to months, specializing in points starting from poor funding and the introduction of the Built-in Payroll and Personnel Info System (IPPIS) to the institution of recent universities with out ample help.
• The newest main strike started in February 2022, lasting over 5 months.

The final strike was a two‑week warning strike that started on October 13, 2025, after ASUU mentioned the union later suspended the warning strike on October 22, 2025.