The federal government is set to unveil a renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) towards ending recurring strikes in Nigeria’s public tertiary schools.
Boriowo Folasade, press director at the Ministry of
Education, stated on Sunday that the official unveiling ceremony for the signed
agreement will be held on January 14.
The ceremony, scheduled for 11:00 am at the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund (TETFund) headquarters in Abuja, will be presided over by
Tunji Alausa, minister of education, and Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, minister of state
for education.
Boriowo said the deal is expected to foster industrial
harmony, improve teaching and learning conditions, and ensure sustainable
development within Nigerian universities.
“The agreement underscores the federal government’s
unwavering commitment to constructive engagement with critical stakeholders and
the resolution of industrial issues through sustained dialogue, mutual
understanding, and cooperation,” the statement reads.
“It is expected to further enhance industrial peace across
Nigerian universities, create a more conducive academic environment, and
reinforce confidence among students, staff, and the wider public.”
The event is expected to host senior government officials,
ASUU leadership, heads of tertiary institutions, and development partners.
For years, Nigeria’s public university system has seen
disruptive strikes by ASUU over issues ranging from funding and infrastructure
to the welfare of academic staff and the preferred payment platform for
lecturers.
An agreement was signed between ASUU and the government in
2009 following negotiations aimed at reversing the decay in the Nigeria’s
public university system.
Full implementation was, however, stalled by the
government’s cited financial constraints and disagreements over university
autonomy.
Over time, the agreement required renegotiation after its
original 2009 provisions became obsolete due to inflation and the emergence of
new disputes, among other reasons.
The novel agreement, to be unveiled on January 14, is the
outcome of intensive renegotiation between a federal government committee and
ASUU concluded in 2025.
It effectively ends a 16-year implementation stalemate
surrounding the contentious 2009 FG-ASUU pact on the service conditions of
public tertiary school lecturers.
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