Naijalander dem! E get update wey go sweet una belleh! Federal Government don finally arrange to sign agreement wey don dey waka since 2009 with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This matter fit mean say dem fit get chance to resolve wahala wey don disturb our universities for almost 17 years! Gist dey say dem don come to an understanding, wey go increase salary for lecturers by 40 percent. E no be small thing o!
Dem go sign this important agreement for January 14, 2026, for Tertiary Education Trust Fund Conference Hall for Abuja. Vice-Chancellors and Registrars from all federal universities don receive invites, and dem talk say attendance na must. You fit feel the excitement for air as everybody dey wait to see wetin go happen that day!
The circular wey Ministry of Education drop include big steps like improved funding for libraries, laboratories, and even allow professors collect pension wey go be their final annual salary wen dem retire. Na so e be, as dem no wan make lecturers feel say dem dey suffer for work.
This agreement no be just paper; e go fit change the educational landscape for Nigeria. Lecturers don cry tire, say dem need boko properly to maintain quality education wey go fit prepare students well for future. With this new agreement, dem dey hope say things go change and students go get better learning environment.
But e no dey sweet everybody mouth, because many people don dey express skepticism since dem don hear stories like this before without anything happen. Na so dem sabi say talk no be action; dem go need make sure say this one no go end for signing alone! Implementation matter dey important, and dem dey troway eyes to see if Federal Government go carry am out this time. Na national wahala we dey talk about here, abeg! If dem fit deliver, na everybody go benefit.
Na also mention say dem go establish National Research Council wey go dey fund research, and e go collect at least 1% of Nigeria’s GDP. This one dey show say dem serious to improve education and research. If lecturers fit get better funding, na so them go fit bring new ideas and di big brain work wey we dey need!
Una sabi say education dey key to development, and dis agreement no dey light matter. Na im be the future for our current and upcoming generation. But make we shine our eyes; we go dey watch to see how all this go unfold. No be only signing; we sabi say we go need results!
So as January 14 dey come closer, abeg make we hold our breath and rally around for our win, because na only together we fit make change happen. Ogbonge props to ASUU and the Federal Government, but make dem show say action dey follow their words this time. Na wetin Nigeria. All we need now be hope and the commitment to turn the new leaf!
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