{"id":2380,"date":"2023-09-22T11:43:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=2380"},"modified":"2023-09-22T11:43:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T11:43:34","slug":"jubilation-as-president-tinubu-approves-salary-increment-for-federal-tertiary-institutions-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/22\/jubilation-as-president-tinubu-approves-salary-increment-for-federal-tertiary-institutions-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilation as President Tinubu Approves Salary Increment for Federal Tertiary Institutions Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adeyinka Adebayo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s administration has granted a considerable salary increase for staff members of Federal Tertiary Institutions across Nigeria, bringing solace to these educators and professionals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2382\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0155-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0155-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0155.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This announcement marks a continuation of efforts initiated under the previous administration of President Muhammad Buhari, who had introduced measures to resolve the nearly seven-month-long strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Among these measures was the proposal to increase salaries for lecturers and professors, a move aimed at addressing longstanding issues and improving the welfare of educational professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under the new approval by President Tinubu, there will be a substantial salary increment for staff in Federal Tertiary Institutions. Specifically, lecturers will receive a 23% salary increase, while professors will enjoy a 35% increase in their salaries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2381\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0154-229x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0154-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230922-WA0154.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Federal Government has committed to paying the arrears resulting from this increment, starting from January 1, 2023. This commitment underscores the government&#8217;s dedication to addressing the financial concerns of educational staff, ensuring that their hard work and contributions to the nation&#8217;s educational system are adequately recognized and rewarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adeyinka Adebayo &nbsp; President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s administration has granted a considerable salary increase for staff members of Federal Tertiary Institutions across Nigeria, bringing solace to these educators and professionals. This announcement marks a continuation of efforts initiated under the previous administration of President Muhammad Buhari, who had introduced measures to resolve the nearly seven-month-long [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-2380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2383,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380\/revisions\/2383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}