Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has approved an additional N115 million monthly subvention for the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), as part of efforts to address concerns surrounding the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ESUT chapter.

The additional funding will raise the state government’s monthly subvention to ESUT from the current N161 million to N276 million, representing a cumulative increase of N140 million since February 2026.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, who made this known in a statement yesterday, said the additional funding underscored the administration’s commitment to strengthening ESUT’s capacity to meet its financial obligations, particularly its responsibility to staff and the continued delivery of quality academic services.

“Mbah has demonstrated once again that his administration places the welfare of workers and the uninterrupted education of our young people at the heart of its priorities. This additional N115 million monthly intervention is a substantial commitment of public resources aimed at strengthening ESUT and ensuring that the institution can meet its obligations to its staff and students,” Onyia said.

He explained that before February 2026, the state government was providing ESUT with N136 million monthly. However, beginning in February, the government commenced an additional monthly intervention of N25 million specifically for the ESUT College of Medicine (ESUCOM) to support the payment of 120 additional staff, bringing the total monthly government support to the university to N161 million.

Onyia said the latest approval of an additional N115 million would raise the state government’s total monthly subvention to ESUT to N276 million.

He further said the increase would help ESUT towards achieving the salary agreement reached between ASUU and the Federal Government.

The Enugu SSG appealed to ASUU members at ESUT to reciprocate the government’s intervention by suspending the industrial action and resuming academic activities, in the interest of students whose academic progress may be disrupted by the strike.

In the same vein, following an ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero, to embark on industrial action over outstanding demands, the Kebbi State Government has approved and released N172.15 million to settle staff allowances.

The Commissioner for Higher Education, Isah Abubakar Tunga, disclosed this during a press briefing in Birnin Kebbi yesterday.

According to him, the State Governor, Nasir Idris, approved the release on August 14, 2026, for the payment of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowances (CATA) and Consolidated Non-Teaching Tools Allowances (CONTTA) to members of ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) at the university.

Tunga said the governor had also approved the inclusion of the CATA/CONTTA salary structure in the university’s monthly subvention, with a yearly cost of N2.06 billion.

He added that the governor approved and released N151.52 million for the payment of identified yearly increment arrears owed to the university’s staff.