Nigeria, Jan. 14 -- The newly signed agreement between the Nigerian government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has introduced a new professorial cadre allowance for professors and readers.

The 2025 agreement, reached on 23 December, replaced the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement and marked an end to a 16-year dispute between the government and the academics.

According to the new agreement, professors are now to receive N1.7 million annually as allowances to support research coordination, academic documentation, correspondence, and administrative efficiency.

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while unveiling details of the agreement in Abuja on Wednesday.

Mr Alausa also disclosed that readers are to receiv...