Abuja, Sept. 26, 2023 – The Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) has commended the Federal Government the recent increase in salaries of lecturers in tertiary institutions.
The Federal Government recently announced increase of 23.5 and 35 per cent in salaries of lecturers in tertiary institutions across the country.
Dr ‘Niyi Sunmonu, the National President of CONUA, made the commendation in a statement on Tuesday.
The congress, however, said the salary increase was before the petrol subsidy removal and it would continue to engage the government on further increase in salaries.
“While appreciating the government for looking at the direction of academics for this award, we have noticed that this award was done before the removal of subsidy and we will continue to interact with the government on post-subsidy removal increment of academic salaries to meet with the present economic realities.
“Therefore, we will continue to engage the government as we advocate for a better salary for lecturers in the Nigerian universities to boost the morale of academics while at the same time reducing the scourge of brain drain from the institutions.”
