Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the payment of the three academic allowances to lecturers at the Yobe State University, Damaturu.
The allowances include Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA), Professorial Allowance and Earned Academic Allowance (EAA).
This was contained in a statement by Buni’s Director-General Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Tuesday.
According to him, payment of the allowances will commence in August.
Mohammed said the approval followed a report on the review of the welfare and remuneration package of the academic staff by a Fact-Finding Committee earlier constituted by the state government.
“The committee visited some selected state-owned universities across Nigeria to investigate, compare and report what was obtained in other state universities,” he said.
The governor’s aide listed the institutions visited to include Bauchi State University, Kaduna State University (KASU) and Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil in Kano State.
Mohammed said the initiative was in line with the implementation of the 2025 Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (FGN/ASUU) Agreement.
According to him, the allowances will enhance staff welfare and improve academic excellence.
He said the Acting Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Mohammed Goje, earlier received the report from the committee and commended its members for doing a good job that would support industrial harmony.