2025 ASUU Agreement: Buni Approves Allowance Arrears, Orders

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has approved the implementation of the 2025 ASUU agreement, including the payment of outstanding Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA), Professorial Allowance and Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) for lecturers in the state’s tertiary institutions.

Key Highlights

• Governor Mai Mala Buni approves implementation of the 2025 ASUU agreement in Yobe State.
• Lecturers to receive arrears of CATA, Professorial Allowance and Earned Academic Allowance (EAA).
• Payment of approved allowances to commence from August 2026.
• Decision follows recommendations of the state Fact-Finding Committee on academic staff welfare.
• Committee recommends research grants, annual salary increments and improved funding for tertiary institutions.
• ASUU Yobe chapter commends the governor for prioritising lecturers’ welfare.

The approval followed the submission of a report by the State Fact-Finding Committee on the review of welfare and remuneration of academic staff. The report was earlier presented to the Acting Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Mohammed Goje.

In a statement signed by the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, Mamman Mohammed, the committee was mandated to visit selected state-owned universities across Nigeria to assess staff welfare packages, compare remuneration structures and recommend measures to improve conditions of service for academic staff in Yobe State.

Governor Buni directed that payment of the approved allowances should commence in August 2026, reaffirming his administration’s commitment to rewarding excellence, promoting industrial harmony and sustaining quality higher education in the state.

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The approval covers the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA), Professorial Allowance and Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), making Yobe one of the states implementing the 2025 ASUU agreement aimed at improving lecturers’ welfare and enhancing academic excellence.

Earlier, while receiving the committee’s report, Acting SSG, Dr. Mohammed Goje, commended members of the committee for carrying out their assignment with dedication and professionalism. He expressed confidence that the recommendations would strengthen industrial harmony between the state government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Chairman of the committee and Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Muhammad Bello Kawuwa, disclosed that the committee visited several institutions, including Bauchi State University, Kaduna State University (KASU), Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano, and other state-owned universities as part of its assignment. He was represented by Prof. Mohammed Musa Lawan.

Beyond the implementation of the 2025 ASUU agreement, the committee also recommended the provision of research grants, annual salary increments, enhanced welfare incentives and sustained funding for tertiary institutions to boost research, innovation and academic excellence.

Reacting to the development, Chairman of ASUU, Yobe State University chapter, Muhammad Adam, commended Governor Buni for prioritising the welfare of academic staff and demonstrating commitment to quality education in the state.

He urged lecturers to reciprocate the government’s gesture by remaining committed to their responsibilities, promoting industrial harmony and advancing research and academic excellence in the university system.