The memo further announced the suspension of the allowance due to the university’s worsening financial situation.
The Nigerian government under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed public universities across the country to begin funding lecturers’ allowances through internally generated revenue (IGR), a move that could trigger fresh tuition increases nationwide, SaharaReporters has learnt.
This is according to an internal memo obtained by SaharaReporters from Modibbo Adama University, Yola, which revealed that the Federal Ministry of Education instructed vice-chancellors to source funds internally to pay the Consequential Adjustment and Transport Allowance (CATA) for academic staff.
The memo, dated May 18, 2026 and signed by the university’s bursar, Hanien N. Ayuka, disclosed that the institution had already been implementing payment of the allowance from its internally generated revenue since January 2026 but could no longer sustain the arrangement because the Federal Government had failed to provide financial backing.
“It could be recalled that the Minister of Education in a letter addressed to ALL Vice Chancellors directing them to source funds from their respective IGR and immediately implement the payment of CATA allowance to ALL deserving Academic staff with effect from January 2026,” the circular read.
“You are aware, this University has been paying the CATA allowance as directed with effect from January 2026 from its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The cash backing however has not been made available up till this moment.”
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