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The Niger Delta University (NDU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the recent approval of a 40 per cent allowance package for public servants by the Bayelsa State Government, insisting that the measure does not address agreements already reached with university lecturers.
The union accused the state government of misleading the public by presenting its demands as part of the newly approved allowances. It stressed that lecturers were only asking for the implementation of agreements contained in the 2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
The union was demanding the implementation of the Consolidated Academic and Allied Staff Allowance (CATA) agreement signed on December 23, 2025, which was to take effect from January 2026, a statement on Tuesday signed by the ASUU branch chairman, Comrade Oyinkepreye Lucky Bebeteidoh, and the branch secretary, Comrade Victory C. Owede, said.
But the ASUU chairman said the total computed CATA for academic staff in the state’s three universities is N336.9 million monthly, contrary to claims that ASUU was demanding over N2.99 billion every month.
Criticising the government for misleading the figures, Bebeteidoh asked why the government allowed “peculiar allowances” for the other unions but declined to implement an agreement it signed with ASUU voluntarily.
“The N2.144 billion being demanded by ASUU is a misrepresentation and disinformation of the public to give an impression that ASUU is demanding more than N2.99 billion monthly as CATA. The CATA was signed in December 2025 for commencement of implementation in January 2026.
“ASUU is asking for the implementation of the CATA as provided for in the agreement. Why is the government giving odd concessions to unions without such an agreement? “Why lump our CATA demand in with the peculiar allowances?” he asked.
The ASUU chairman also condemned the government’s explanation that it was waiting for other states to implement the allowance before it could do anything.
He argued that many states with far less federal allocation than Bayelsa had entered into similar agreements.
“ASUU wrote to the government in January 2026 informing it of the implementation period. Why wait seven months to take an official position of inability to pay? The excuse that many universities have not yet adopted CATA is laughably weak.
“More than 10 states, which get far less than Bayelsa from the Federation Account, have implemented CATA. They met their commitments without waiting for Bayelsa to do anything.”
The union also reiterated its demand for payment of 19 months’ outstanding arrears resulting from the delayed implementation of the 25 and 35 per cent salary wage award.
The state government has paid six months of the arrears, but 19 months are still outstanding, despite the significant improvement in the state’s revenue, ASUU said.
“Bayelsa received about N95.15 billion in April and May and had a closing balance of N37.08 billion, making the government’s claim of inadequate funds difficult to justify,” Bebeteidoh said.
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“You should have seen the inflow for April and May, but the state government is claiming paucity of funds to pay the 19 months arrears totalling N2.7 billion. Benue State, which has a significantly lower FAAC allocation, implemented the wage award and paid all arrears.
He also expressed disappointment over what it described as the failure of the government to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on February 5, 2025, which led to the suspension of an industrial action.
He also said one of the outstanding issues was the lack of on-campus staff accommodation at the university more than two decades after its establishment.
Nothing has been done in the matter of on-campus accommodation more than a year after the signing of the MoU. ‘The campus is like a ghost town from 4pm every working day until the following morning because there is nowhere for staff to live.’
No permanent staff housing project had been completed in the university’s 26-year history, lamented the ASUU chairman, who warned that the absence of residential facilities continues to hinder academic activities and the development of a vibrant university community.
He urged the Bayelsa State Government to honour the agreements it entered into with the union, implement the CATA, pay backlogs of salary arrears and other promises geared towards the welfare of university lecturers and the overall development of higher education in the state.
