The Federal government has actually approved a brand-new well-being package for members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in federal universities, increasing risk allowances and other earned advantages for qualified workers.
The revised reimbursement, which takes retrospective effect from January 1, 2026, was consisted of in a circular provided by the National Incomes, Incomes and Salaries Commission (NSIWC) on July 20, 2026, following a contract reached in between the Federal Government and NASU on June 29.
Signed by the Acting Secretary of the commission, Adighiogu A. Chiadi, the circular was addressed to crucial federal government officials, consisting of the Chief of Staff to the President, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, ministers, irreversible secretaries and heads of federal companies.
According to the commission, the approval covers the payment of the Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowance and a review of numerous earned allowances for non-teaching staff in federal universities.
Among the major modifications is the upward review of lab, workshop, studio, scientific and occupational danger allowances.
Under the brand-new structure, staff members on the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS) levels 1– 5 will receive a yearly threat allowance of N243,000, up from N180,000, representing an increase of N63,000. For personnel on CONTISS 6– 15, the allowance has actually been raised from N360,000 to N486,000 every year, reflecting an increase of N126,000.
Although the approved figures fall below the quantities proposed by NASU throughout negotiations, they represent a substantial improvement on the previous rates.
The commission likewise maintained existing arrangements for call duty, shift responsibility and clinical risk allowances in line with earlier NSIWC standards.
Relating to high-risk allowances, the government stated payments would continue to be administered through the Employee Compensation Plan in accordance with the Workers’ Payment Act 2010 and pertinent commission instructions, instead of as repaired annual allowances.
The brand-new package likewise introduces improved responsibility allowances for senior non-teaching officers.
Registrars and bursars will now receive N840,000 each year, equivalent to N70,000 month-to-month, compared to the previous N750,000 annual rate.
Directors, who formerly had no obligation allowance, will now make N600,000 each year, while deputy registrars, deputy bursars and deputy directors have actually been approved for a yearly duty allowance of N480,000.
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Similarly, annual responsibility allowances for heads of departments and units have actually increased from N300,000 to N360,000, while heads of sections will now get N150,000 annually under a freshly introduced category.
The Federal government also reviewed allowances for sightseeing tour, mentor practice and commercial guidance.
Under the modified structure, staff on CONTISS 1– 5 will get N81,000 each year, while those on CONTISS 6– 12 will earn N108,000. Officers on CONTISS 13– 15 are to get N135,000 every year.
The very same rates were approved for the Trainees Work Experience Programme (SWEP) allowance, changing the previous lower payments throughout the particular income grades.
In addition, the government introduced a brand-new annual uniform and protective clothing allowance of N80,000 for laboratory, workshop and studio workers throughout all income levels covered by the arrangement.
The commission even more clarified that the Arrangement Tools Allowance has actually now been merged into the Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowance.
It also stated that Project Guidance Allowance would not be carried out independently given that task guidance already forms part of the main responsibilities of relevant non-teaching workers.
Likewise, the Lab Students-to-Laboratory Staff Ratio Supplementation will be accommodated under the existing Excess Work structure.
The circular directed that the Excess Work Allowance must be slowly phased out. Under the current arrangement, officers on CONTISS 09– 15 continue to get N3,500 per hour, based on an optimum of 52 hours yearly, pending its ultimate discontinuation.
The current evaluation follows months of settlements in between the Federal Government and NASU over enhanced welfare for non-teaching staff in federal universities. The union had argued that a lot of the allowances had actually remained unchanged because the 2009 contract and no longer shown prevailing economic realities, including inflation and the rising expense of living.
The approval also comes in the middle of the Federal government’s ongoing efforts to sustain industrial consistency within the university system through improved reimbursement, application of the brand-new national minimum wage, and continued engagement with university-based unions on incomes, allowances and conditions of service.