The Adamawa State University branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Mubi branch, has given the state government a one-week ultimatum to pay outstanding Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, CATA or risks industrial action.
The ultimatum is coming barely a week after a less definite threat on the same CATA by the Yola Zone of ASUU, which includes ADSU Mubi and other public universities in Adamawa, Taraba, Yobe and Borno states.
The ASUU, Mubi branch told Governor Ahmadu Fintiri to implement the agreed payment of CATA within the given ultimatum or it will carry out the threat.
Addressing journalists in Mubi, ASUU branch Chairman, Dr. Godwin Boniface, said the agreement binds on institutions owned by federal and state governments alike and lecturers in federal universities have been receiving the same allowance since January 2026.
Boniface said the allowance is critical to supporting teaching and learning, thereby boosting academic output, stressing that,
