Adamawa ASUU Demands FG Honour 2025 Agreement, Warns of Disruption

The Adamawa State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the Federal Government to implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement without any further delay.

The union warned that the continued failure to carry out the agreement could damage industrial peace and threaten the stability of Nigeria’s public universities.

ASUU made the demand during a media briefing held at Modibbo Adama University in Yola. The briefing was organised by the union’s Yola zone.

The ASUU Yola zone covers seven federal and state universities across four states. These states are Adamawa, Borno, Taraba and Yobe.

The Zonal Coordinator, Dani Mamman, spoke on behalf of the zone. He said different governments had held many talks with ASUU and reached agreements, but they repeatedly failed to act on their promises.

He said the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement was created to solve long-standing problems affecting public universities. These problems did not begin yesterday, and lecturers say they have been allowed to grow for too long.

One major issue is staff welfare. Academic workers need fair pay, proper allowances and working conditions that allow them to teach and carry out research with dignity.

The agreement also addresses funding shortfalls, infrastructure decay and poor conditions of service. Public universities need enough money, useful facilities and proper working conditions to perform their duties.

However, the union said the agreement has still not been implemented. Mamman described this delay as unacceptable.

He also said the government’s failure goes against the basic principles of collective bargaining. When two sides discuss, negotiate and reach an agreement, the signed terms should mean something. If one side refuses to act, trust begins to die.

ASUU’s demands are not limited to the national agreement. The Yola zone is also calling for the immediate implementation of several negotiated allowances and benefits at four state universities.

The first is Adamawa State University in Mubi. The others are Borno State University, Taraba State University in Jalingo and Yobe State University in Damaturu.

At these four institutions, the union wants the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, known as CATA, to begin immediately.

It is also demanding the payment of the Earned Academic Allowance, known as EAA. The Professorial Allowance and every other negotiated benefit must also be implemented.

ASUU further called for the full payment of all arrears owed to lecturers at the four universities. Arrears are payments that should have been made earlier but remain unpaid.

The union said lecturers at these state universities perform the same academic duties as their colleagues in other parts of Nigeria.

They teach students, carry out research and supervise academic work. They also provide community service as part of their university duties.

Because the work is the same, ASUU said these lecturers should not be left out of benefits already negotiated for academic staff. The union believes equal duties should come with equal access to the agreed entitlements.

ASUU’s argument is direct; lecturers should not lose negotiated benefits because they work at state universities. They perform the duties and should receive what was agreed.

The union said it has held repeated meetings and engagements with the authorities responsible for the matter. However, those efforts have not produced any concrete result.

Promises have continued, but payment and implementation have not followed. ASUU warned that empty promises can no longer be trusted to protect industrial harmony.

The union therefore appealed to the public for support. It called on parents and students to speak up because they are among the people who suffer when academic activities are disrupted.

ASUU also asked labour unions to join the pressure. Traditional leaders, religious leaders and civil society groups were urged to call on governments to implement the agreement without further delay.

The union believes these groups can use their voices to push the Federal Government and state governments toward action. It does not want the warning to be ignored until campuses become silent.

ASUU cautioned that any future disruption to academic activities would be the responsibility of governments that continue to abandon the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement and the allowances linked to it.

This warning places the burden clearly on the authorities. The union says it has negotiated, attended meetings and continued to demand implementation. It believes government inaction is placing peace in the university system at risk.

Students are not the people who signed the agreement, but they are often the first to feel the pain when disputes lead to disruption. Their lessons stop, academic calendars shift and graduation dates may move further away.

Parents also carry the burden. A longer stay in school can bring more costs, more uncertainty and more fear about when their children will finish their studies.

That is why ASUU is asking parents, students and national leaders not to wait until another crisis begins. The union wants pressure now, while there is still time for the government to act.

The message from the Yola zone is firm. The Federal Government must implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement. Adamawa, Borno, Taraba and Yobe state universities must also pay CATA, EAA, Professorial Allowance, other negotiated benefits and all outstanding arrears.

ASUU says promises are no longer enough; signed agreements must become real action. If the government continues to delay and academic work is later disrupted, the union says the blame will rest fully on the governments that failed to keep their word.