The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the federal government to clarify what it means by ‘eligible’ academic staff in the circular directing universities to pay five months of accumulated Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA).
The leadership of the lecturers’ union expressed concerns that the vague language could reignite industrial tensions across public universities.
Chris Piwuna, ASUU president, raised the concern in an interview with journalists on Sunday, after Tunji Alausa, the minister of education, issued a circular directing vice-chancellors of federal universities to immediately clear outstanding CATA arrears owed to lecturers from January 2026.
“We signed the agreement on behalf of all our dues-paying members. When you introduce such terms without clearly stating what you mean, those implementing it give different interpretations, causing confusion and overheating our campuses,” Piwuna said.
Besides, Piwuna frowned at the federal government’s framing of the payment, insisting that CATA is distinct
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