ASUU urges federal, state gov’ts to fulfil 2025 agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Yola zone, has urged the federal and state governments to implement the 2025 agreement signed by both parties in the interest of peace and tranquillity. Zonal Coordinator of the Union, Comrade Dani Mamman, said this at a press conference titled “Protect our Universities, respect our Agreement” held in […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Yola zone, has urged the federal and state governments to implement the 2025 agreement signed by both parties in the interest of peace and tranquillity.
Zonal Coordinator of the Union, Comrade Dani Mamman, said this at a press conference titled “Protect our Universities, respect our Agreement” held in Yola on Tuesday, decrying that the non-compliance postures of the governments have distorted the agreement eight years after.
Mamman regrettably said eight years of negotiation, promises of fair wages, commitments to research and innovation are being ignored, distorted, or abandoned, noting that the federal and state governments’ selective implementation of the 2025 Agreement, the refusal of some state university Visitors to pay the new agreed salary and the persistent interference in the workings of universities are undermining academic freedom, equity, and national development.
“All the state universities in Yola Zone (ADSU, BOSU, TSU, YSU) are yet to implement the 2025 agreement.
“We call on these Visitors to immediately implement the agreement so as to guarantee industrial harmony.
“Today, we speak not just for academics, but for every Nigerian who values education, fairness, and the future of this country,” the union said.
According to the union, the December 2025 FGN-ASUU Agreement, signed after eight years of negotiations, is under threat due to the government’s failure to inaugurate the Implementation, Monitoring Committee (IMC), the body mandated to prevent bureaucratic bottlenecks and ensure full execution of the agreement.
The Zonal Coordinator said that the partial and selective implementation of salary components, including Consolidated Academic Tool Allowances (CATA), Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), and Professorial Allowances (PA), is widespread.
He said, “All state governors, as Visitors to state Universities in our zone, have refused to implement the new CATA salary, undermining the Agreement, and causing inequity among staff.
He also alleged that some university administrators choose which allowances to pay, further destabilising the system, and demanded immediate and full compliance from the federal and state governments to safeguard the hard-won gains of Nigerian academics.
Our correspondent reported that ASUU Yola Zone comprises Adamawa State University (ADSU), Mubi, Borno State University (B0SU), Federal University Gashua (FUGA), Modibbo Adama University (MAU), Yola, Taraba State University (TSU), Jalingo, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) and Yobe State University (YSU), Damaturu, respectively.