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A landmark wage deal threatens to divide Nigeria’s public university system. Fifty-seven state-owned universities face acute instability as sub-national governments ignore a federally negotiated 40 per cent salary increase for academics. The national agreement promised sweeping pay rises and fresh allowances for university lecturers. Only ten state-owned institutions currently honour the higher pay structure. Thousands…
A 30 per cent salary increase has been approved for non-academic staff of federal universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, according to a government directive that has already triggered pushback from one of the major unions representing the affected workers. The approval, conveyed in a letter dated March 30, 2026, and signed by Minister…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has issued a final ultimatum to the Federal Government, demanding the conclusion of stalled salary renegotiations before the end of April or face industrial action. The warning came in a communiqué signed by SSANU National President Muhammad Ibrahim, at the end of the union’s 54th National…
Public university lecturers across Nigeria are growing restless over the failure of the Federal Government to pay their salaries promptly, with the Academic Staff Union of Universities confirming that virtually no member of its nationwide membership has received their February salary as of Friday, March 6, and that payment of January salaries remains incomplete…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) chapter, has awarded scholarships totaling ₦6.2 million to 31 indigent students of the institution, as part of efforts to ease financial hardship and promote access to higher education. The Chairperson of ASUU-OOU, Dr Ganiyu Yinusa, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, describing…
