The Federal University of Technology, Minna, has promoted 263 senior staff and confirmed the appointment of nine others.
Out of the 263 senior staff, 148 are teaching staff, while 115 are non-teaching staff; the cadre of 22 staff was also changed.
According to the institution’s weekly newsletter, the promotion and confirmation was done after a promotion exercise by the management of the institution.
The newsletter further states that some of the staff would have their promotions with effect from October 1st, 2015, while the others will have theirs take effect from October 1st, 2017.
Out of the teaching staff, 15 were promoted from Associate Professor to Professor, 30 from Senior Lecturers to Associate Lecturers, 59 from Lecturer 1 to Senior Lecturer, while the others were promoted from Lecturer 2 to Lecturer 1 and from assistant Lecturer to Lecturer 2