The Federal Authorities has disbursed N2.31 billion to federal universities to clear excellent arrears owed to tutorial and non-academic workers.
In a press release on Thursday by the Private Assistant on Particular Duties to the President, Kamorudeen Yusuf, the Minister of Schooling, Dr Tunji Alausa, mentioned the funds have been processed by means of the Workplace of the Accountant-Normal of the Federation and that universities would start to obtain funds instantly.
He emphasised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s dedication to clear, long-term reforms that assure workers welfare and monetary sustainability.
In accordance to him, Tinubu’s administration can also be finalising the discharge of third-party deductions and pension remittances to Nigerian College Pension Administration.
The federal government introduced that Earned Tutorial Allowances (EAA) will likely be absolutely built-in into college salaries by 2026 to guarantee immediate and predictable funds, whereas funding for the Wants Evaluation of Nigerian Universities undertaking has additionally been sustained.
Alausa affirmed that every one engagements with ASUU and different unions are being performed in good religion, stressing that agreements will stay inside real looking budgetary limits to keep stability within the schooling sector.
The transfer follows ASUU’s choice to suspend its two-week warning strike after renewed talks with the Federal Authorities.
