The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, unveiled a renegotiated agreement.
This fresh agreement seeks to resolve long-standing disputes in Nigeria’s tertiary education sector.
The 2025 agreement is the culmination of a renegotiation process that began in 2017 to review the 2009 Federal Government–ASUU pact, which was due for revision in 2012. Several committees set up under past administrations, chaired by Wale Babalakin, Munzali Jibrin and Nimi Briggs, failed to deliver a final agreement.
The breakthrough came under the current administration, which inaugurated the Yayale Ahmed-led renegotiation committee in October 2024.
An agreement was reached about 14 months later, focusing on improved conditions of service, funding, university autonomy, academic freedom and broader reforms to reverse sectoral decay, curb brain drain and reposition universities for national development.