Minister: Nigerian authorities can solely afford 23.5% wage enhance for college staff

The Minister of Training, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, mentioned the Federal Authorities may solely afford a 23.5 % wage enhance for varsity staff and a 35% increment for less than professors.

The minister additionally famous that President Muhammadu Buhari warned towards signing agreements that the federal government won’t be able to satisfy.

Adamu disclosed this whereas talking, throughout the assembly with vice-chancellors and different stakeholders within the college system.

He mentioned,” The Federal Authorities can solely afford a 23.5% wage enhance for all classes of the workforce in Federal Universities, aside from the professorial cadre, which is able to take pleasure in a 35% upward assessment.

“Henceforth, allowances that pertain to ad-hoc duties of the educational and non-academic workers shall be paid as at when due by the Governing Councils of Universities, to which such providers are rendered and to the workers who carry out them.”

Adamu additionally revealed {that a} sum of N150 billion shall be offered as funds for the revitalisation of Federal Universities within the first quarter of 2023.

“{That a} sum of 150 billion Naira shall be offered for within the 2023 Funds, as funds for the revitalisation of Federal Universities, to be disbursed to the Establishments within the First Quarter of the yr, and {that a} sum of fifty billion Naira shall be offered for within the 2023 Funds, for the cost of excellent arrears of earned tutorial allowances, to be paid within the First Quarter of the yr.”

Talking on the finish of the assembly, the pro-chancellor of the Nationwide Open College of Nigeria, Professor Peter Okebukola, famous that the federal government was able to go all out to make sure that the college lecturers return again to high school.

Lecturers of the Federal Authorities owned universities had launched into strike since February 14, 2022, to demand launch of revitalisation funds for universities; deployment of the College Transparency Accountability System (UTAS) for the cost of salaries and allowances of college lecturers; launch of earned allowances; the discharge of the white paper report of the visitation panels to universities and different points involving the ASUU-FGN 2009 settlement.