By Joshua Tosin Ogunsakin 
The University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University), has promoted a total of 104 academic staff to professorial rank, said to be the highest number of lecturers elevated to professorial rank in the history of the University.
The 11th Governing Council of UniAbuja, led by Senator Dr Olanrewaju Tejuoso, approved the promotion of the 104 deserving academic staff.
Announcing this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Acting Director, Information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, said the approval was given at the 78th Extraordinary Meeting of Council, held on Tuesday, 9 September 2025 and Wednesday, 10 September 2025, at the University’s Main Campus.
Yakoob 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, Professor Mathew Adamu, while congratulating the newly promoted staff, lauded their dedication to scholarship and the advancement of knowledge.
He said: “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 Council, management, and the entire University community to reward excellence and strengthen our human resource capacity at this point in 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.
“On behalf of the Governing Council and the Management of the University, I congratulate you on this noble achievement.”