Makurdi- The Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Makurdi (UAM), Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, said the university had promoted a total of 58 senior lecturers to the rank of professors within the last two years.
Kucha, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Makurdi at a pre-convocation briefing, said the promotions were aimed at boosting staff morale and promoting academic excellence.
He said out of the number, 18 were promoted to the position of professors, while 40 were elevated to the rank of associate professors.
He said the university was also working toward the improvement of infrastructure to enhance scholarship.
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The vice chancellor said 41 projects had been executed during the last two years of his tenure to enhance infrastructure growth of the university.
He commended the Federal Government for its intervention through Tertiary Institutions funding (TETfund), saying the school planned to execute series of projects using the funds.
He, however, regretted that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the institution was at its lowest ebb owing to non payment of students’ charges.
Kucha said the schools’ portal which was still open, had few students patronising it due to paucity of funds.
He said if the situation persisted up to the time of examinations the school would have no option but to give a waiver to allow such students to partake in the examinations.(NAN)
