BREAKING: Nigerian Govt pays university, polytechnic lecturers’ tools allowance

The Federal Government has approved contiguous and afloat outgo of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance, CATA, to world unit successful national universities, polytechnics and colleges of acquisition for the play January to August 2026.

This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, soon aft inaugurating the Ministerial Committee connected Accreditation on Wednesday.

DAILY POST reports that CATA is simply a fiscal allowance provided to world unit to enactment the acquisition of indispensable tools and materials required for teaching, probe and different world activities.

The curate revealed that the outgo was successful accordance with the provisions of the 2025 Federal Government–Academic Staff Union of Universities statement and reaffirmed the government’s committedness to its implementation.

According to him, outgo to non-academic unit was besides being processed.

“The Office of the Minister of Education is blessed to denote that the afloat CATA outgo has present been released by the Federal Government from January to August 2026 to each universities, each polytechnics and colleges of education.

“All these institutions should person received notification to commencement paying CATA to each world staff. And also, the outgo to non-academic staff, we’re hoping that these funds volition beryllium made available, hopefully...