The federal government has formalised the renegotiated 2009 agreement with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), five months after it did so with the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
The agreement was signed by Mohammed Ibrahim, SSANU president, and Peters Adeyemi, Monday, NASU general secretary in Abuja, on behalf of the unions, while Yayale Ahmed, former secretary to the government of the federation, signed for the government.
Ahmed chairs the federal government tertiary institution expanded negotiation committee, reconstituted in October 2025 by Tunji Alausa, the minister of education.
ASUU’s renegotiation was concluded on January 14, but SSANU and NASU had accused the government of treating the unions unevenly in the process, a grievance that fuelled rising tension on campuses. Related News BUA Group dismisses reports of ₦1.5bn Kano Pillars takeover bid Africa’s yuan shift is a trade story, not a dollar revolt Nigeria faces tight deadline to appeal International Mathematics Olympiad delisting
Recall that BusinessDay reported in May that the unions’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) embarked on a strike over delays in concluding the talks, suspending the action after a week on the government’s assurance that negotiations would be fast-tracked.
