Yakubu Gowon University Rewards Academic Excellence with 34 Professorial Promotions

Governing Council of Yakubu Gowon University (formerly the University of Abuja) has approved the promotion of 34 academic staff to Professor and Associate Professor ranks across various disciplines, effective October 2025.

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.

He added that the promotions take effect from October 2025.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Hakeem Fawehinmi, congratulated the newly promoted academics, saying the promotions reflected their dedication to scholarship and academic excellence.

Fawehinmi said the university would continue to strengthen its internal processes to ensure the timely consideration of external assessment reports and the promotion of deserving academics in line with established guidelines.

“These promotions are not just about attaining a higher rank. They reflect our belief that hard work and dedication should be recognised and rewarded.

“I congratulate all those promoted and encourage them to see this as a call to even greater service to the university, their profession and society,” he said. (NAN)