President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a 35% and 23% salary increment for staff of all federal tertiary institutions, effective January 1, 2023.

According to POLITICS NIGERIA, the announcement was made in a memo from the office of the Auditor-General to Directors of Audit, Heads of Department, Heads of Units, and All Staff.

The memo states that the salary increase was approved by the Presidential Committee on Salaries at its 13th meeting, after taking into consideration the different stages of collective bargaining in various sectors, and specifically engagements between the Federal Ministry of Education and Tertiary Institutions-based Unions.

The salary increase will apply to the following salary structures:

I. Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education Salary Structure (CONPCASS) for Academic Staff of Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education

II. Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure II (CONTISS II) for non- Academic Staff of Federal Universities

III. Consolidated Tertiary Education Institutions Salary Structure (CONTEDISS) non-Academic Staff of Federal Polytechnics and Colleges of Education

IV. Consolidated University Academic Salary Structure II (CONUASS II) for Academic Staff of Federal University

The memo also states that arrears of the salary increase will be paid from January 1, 2023.