FUDMA Governing Council Promotes 609 Senior Staff 

The Governing Council of Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), under the Chairmanship of Ali Abubakar Jatau, has approved the promotion of 609 Senior Teaching and Non-teaching Staff of the University.

Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, FUDMA Governing Council, HE Ali Abubakar Jatau

This is contained in a statement from the Director, Directorate of Human Resources Management, Mr. Lawal Yakub Olarewaju.

The promotion, which takes effect from October 1, 2026, marks the end of the 2026 Promotion Exercise, which started from the issuance of promotion call memo by the Registry Department.

A breakdown of the promotion indicates that 16 senior teaching staff were promoted to the ranks of professors and 19 readers, subject to favourable external assessments.

In the non-teaching category, two senior staff were promoted to the rank of Directors; four to the position of Deputy Registrar; one as Deputy Bursar; and four to the rank of Deputy Director.

According to the Director of Human Resources Management, Lawal Olarewaju, all the benefitting staff have received messages of congratulations through their emails on behalf of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mohammed Khalid Othman.

They have also been notified that their promotion letters were ready for collection from Friday, October 2, 2026, in the Directorate of Human Resources Management.

This is the first time in the history of the university that promotion letters are being issued on the first working day of October.

It could be recalled that the 2026 Promotion Exercise, the first to be superintended by the current Vice Chancellor, Prof. M.K. Othman started in June this year with the issuance of a memo for all faculties, departments, and units to kick-start the process through the submission of the lists of recommended and non-recommended staff for the promotion.

After passing through the various stages, the eligible staff were subsequently recommended to the Central Appointments and Promotion Committee chaired by the Vice Chancellor, which submitted the list of all those eligible for promotion to the Governing Council for approval.