The Governing Council of the University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, led by Dr. Olanrewaju Tejuoso, has approved the promotion of 104 academic staff to professorial rank.

A statement by Dr. Habib Yakoob, acting director, Information and University Relations, UniAbuja, noted that while 58 of the staff were promoted to the rank of Professor, 46 others were elevated to the rank of Associate Professor.

The breakdown of the exercise revealed that the academic staff were promoted across various disciplines, including agriculture, animal science, Islamic studies, Islamic history and ethics, clinical sciences, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, radiology, ophthalmology, theatre arts, social science education, civil engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, pharmacology, statistics, applied mathematics, nursing and allied health sciences.

Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Mathew Adamu, congratulated the newly promoted staff and appreciated their dedication to scholarship and the advancement of knowledge.

"This promotion is a recognition of your hard work, academic excellence and commitment to the values and growth of the university. We expect that your new academic status will inspire even greater achievements in teaching, research, mentorship and community service.

"This promotion is particularly remarkable because the number of staff elevated to professorial rank is the highest in the history of this university. It is a great achievement and a credit to the commitment of the council, management and the entire university community to reward excellence and strengthen our human resource capacity at this point of the university's development.

"Let me also reassure you that, with the stability the university currently enjoys, greater achievements lie ahead. I am certain that both the university and its staff will benefit from this new drive to ensure an improved and timely reward system designed to strengthen our journey towards attaining the heights of world-class institutions.