The National Association of Academic Technologists, or NAAT, has threatened to start nationwide protests in August over a number of issues, including the three and a half months of salaries that have been withheld and the failure to implement the necessary minimum wage adjustment.  

Remember that the Federal Government was given a 21-day ultimatum by NAAT in June on unsolved issues pertaining to member welfare and a conducive environment for academic activity. The deadline ended on July 4 without any response from the government.  

Following lengthy discussions on issues impacting union members, the academic community, and the country as a whole, NAAT expressed disapproval of the government's alleged lack of response to its demands during its 59th National Executive Council, or NEC, meeting held at Yobe State University in Damaturu.

Comrade Ibeji Nwokoma, the president of the NAAT, stated in a statement that the association was amenable to communication with the government prior to the deadline of August 6.  

Comrade Ibeji stated that the sharing formula of the recently disbursed N50 billion was one of the controversial issues that prompted the association to start the proposed nationwide protests. 

It was claimed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, received 80 percent of the total amount, while the three non-teaching unions, NAAT, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, or SSANU, and the Non-Academic Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, or NASU, were given 20 percent to divide among themselves.

The statement said: “The NEC in session frowned at the modalities used by the Federal Government in the sharing formula and disbursement of the ?50 billion Earned Allowances (EA) and Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) arrears.”

According to the statement, NEC also examined the trade dispute declaration made by the Union on June 2, 2025, in which it gave the federal government a 21-day ultimatum against the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Universities Commission, NUC, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NAU, Awka, and the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN.

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