ASUU Kano zone calls on government to implement 2025 NRC agreement

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano

The Kano Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has strongly condemned the partial or outright refusal of the states and Federal Government to implement the December 2025 Federal Government/ASUU Agreement, which is the proposed National Research Council (NRC)

During a Press Conference addressed by its Zonal Coordinator, Comrade Abdulkadir Muhammad, at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), on Wednesday, ASUU called on both Federal and State Governments to respect the agreement in order to sustain industrial peace and harmony within Nigerian universities.

According to Comrade Muhammad, “ASUU remains committed to ensuring that all its members fully benefit from the modest achievements secured through the eight-year negotiation process spanning 2017 to 2025.”

The Kano Zone of ASUU, comprises Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria; Bayero University, Kano (BUK); Kaduna State University (KASU), Kaduna; Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil; Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State; Northwest University (NWU), Kano; Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa (SLUK), Jigawa State, and Federal University of Technology, Babura.

Comrade Muhammad recalled that, “our Union had signed a historic agreement with the Federal Government sometime in December 2025. The enthusiasm generated by the unveiling of this Agreement on 14th January 2026 is gradually diminishing and may soon disappear if the government fails to honour its commitment to fully implement the Agreement.

” Our concern arises from the government’s inability to constitute the Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC), which was expected to protect the Agreement from bureaucratic delays and inertia and ensure its effective implementation. Up to this point, Federal Government officials have implemented the Agreement in a fragmented and poorly coordinated manner, while only a few state governments have adopted and enforced it. Administrators of Federal universities have selectively implemented aspects of the Consolidated Academic Tool Allowances (CATA), Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), and Professorial Allowances (PA), despite the fact that all these components were meant to be integrated into the Consolidated Academic Staff Salary Scale (CONUASS) as part of the monthly remuneration package for academics. Similarly, some state governors, who are Visitors to state universities, have disregarded the Agreement despite the active participation of representatives of their Governing Councils and universities during the Renegotiation process.”

While appreciating the efforts of some state universities that have taken the lead in implementation, ASUU Kano Zone, insisted that the consequences of failing to inaugurate the IMC are also evident in the flawed implementation of another major provision of the December 2025 Agreement, which is the proposed National Research Council (NRC).