The Governing Council of the University of Abuja, now Yakubu Gowon University, chaired by Dr Olanrewaju Tejuoso, has approved the promotion of 34 academic staff to professorial ranks.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Director of Information and University Relations, Mr Habib Yakoob, on Sunday in Abuja.
Yakoob said 17 senior academics were elevated to the rank of Professor, while 17 others were promoted to the rank of Associate Professor across a wide range of disciplines and areas of specialisation.
He said the promotions were ratified at the regular meeting of the Governing Council held on July 10 and 11, following the consideration of favourable external assessment reports on the candidates’ scholarly publications.
According to him, the promoted academics cut across fields such as community medicine, veterinary medicine, engineering, religious studies, guidance and counselling, accounting, library and information science, business administration, physics, parasitology and entomology, physiology, crop science, educational foundations, and banking and finance. Related News Aquinas College honours 35 alumni at 75th anniversary UBEC distributes 15,675 learning materials to Lagos schools Navy alumni inaugurate N25m renovated hostel in Lagos
