The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has been in negotiation with the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) since 2006. The negotiation was a review of the
2001 Agreement which was due for review in 2004. It took Government 2 years and an ASUU
strike to begin the review.
The nine-point agreements ASUU signed with Federal Government in 2009 includes:
- funding requirements for revitalization of Nigerian universities and Federal Government’s assistance to state universities.
- establishment of Nigerian University Pension Management Committee (NUPEMCO)
- progressive increase in annual budgetary allocation to education to 26 percent between 2009 and 2020.
- Salary increase and payment of earned allowances,
- amendment of the pension/retirement age of academics on the professorial cadre from 65 to 70 years,
- reinstatement of prematurely dissolved governing councils and transfer of Federal Government landed property to universities.
- setting up of research development council and provision of research equipment to laboratories and classrooms in universities.
Do you think the FG has bite off more than can chew? What are your reactions?
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