The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused some public university vice-chancellors of partially implementing or outrightly refusing to implement the salary component of the 2025 agreement reached with the federal government.
The union warned that continued failure to fully enforce the agreement could trigger industrial unrest across Nigerian universities.
Speaking at a press conference held at the Bayero University, Kano on Wednesday, the Kano Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Abdullahi Muhammad, said lecturers were becoming increasingly frustrated over what he described as selective and fragmented implementation of the agreement signed after years of negotiations.
Muhammad said the optimism that followed the unveiling of the agreement on January 14, 2026, was fading because the federal government had failed to establish the implementation monitoring committee meant to oversee compliance and prevent bureaucratic bottlenecks.
According to him, some federal university administrators had selectively implemented aspects of the Consolidated Academic Tool Allowances, Earned Academic Allowances and Professorial Allowances, despite the understanding that the components would be fully integrated into the Consolidated Academic Staff Salary Structure as part of lecturers’ monthly remuneration.
He also criticised what he described as poor coordination by government officials, noting that only a few state governments had adopted and implemented the agreement.
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The ASUU official further said the absence of the monitoring committee was affecting another major aspect of the December 2025 agreement, which is the proposed National Research Council.
Muhammad called on both federal and state governments to honour the agreement in order to preserve stability within the university system and avoid disruptions to the academic calendar.
He said the union remained committed to ensuring that its members benefited from the outcomes of the negotiation process which lasted from 2017 to 2025.
“The patience and understanding shown by our members over time have been stretched to the limit, and they are prepared to take appropriate action should the government continue to neglect its obligations,” he warned.
