GOMBE, NIGERIA– The North-Eastern University, Gombe (previously Pen Resource University), has approved a major raise varying between 40 percent and 65 per cent throughout all categories of its scholastic and non-academic workforce. Revealing the modification in a main declaration issued on Monday, the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mukhtar Saulawa, highlighted that the evaluation marks the third significant upward wage revision authorised by the Pro-Chancellor and Creator, Dr Sani Jauro, within 3 years.
Strategic Compensation Development and Accreditation Success
The current wage change builds upon previous payment boosts, including a 35 per cent raise carried out in October 2023 and a 20 per cent performance-based increment granted following the institution’s October 2024 National Universities Commission (NUC) accreditation exercise.
Under the brand-new instruction, Dr Jauro authorized an additional 20 per cent boost throughout all emoluments, efficiently raising standard staff incomes by as much as 65 percent over the three-year timeline.
The wage intervention also reaches the organization’s founding primary and secondary arm, Pen Resource Academy.
Reacting to the wage boost, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Yusuph Yahaya, explained the policy as an important financial investment in academic retention and personnel morale as the university gets ready for its first convocation event in late 2026.
Key institutional turning points announced together with the wage evaluation consist of:
-
100% NUC Accreditation: All academic degree programs submitted during the 2024 NUC accreditation drive protected full accreditation, accomplishing an aggregate institutional score of 91.4 per cent.
-
ARCON Accreditation: The university’s B.Sc. Architecture program secured complete professional accreditation from the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON), making it the only university in the North-East region with complete ARCON status.
-
Maiden Convocation: Official preparations have commenced for the university’s pioneer convocation, arranged to hold in between November and December 2026 following the graduation of its pioneer student friend.
Creator’s Perspective and 50% Energy Sector Scholarships
Explaining the rationale behind prioritising competitive staff well-being despite increasing operational costs, Pro-Chancellor Dr Sani Jauro cited his personal background as a university lecturer and former member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
“I was a member of ASUU as far back as 1989, so I understand the pains and pleasures of being a university lecturer,” Jauro mentioned. “Education is our household legacy. Besides, this university is developed as a flagship university that brings to life what our ASUU struggles tried fruitless to do all these years.”
In a related developmental initiative, Dr Jauro authorized a 50 per cent tuition scholarship for all recently confessed trainees across six targeted degree programs: Petroleum Chemistry, Environmental Management and Toxicology, Industrial Chemistry, Microbiology, Biotechnology, and Urban and Regional Preparation.
The selected fields are strategically aligned to develop regional technical capability for emerging petroleum, ecological, and industrial chances connected to the Kolmani energy passage spanning Gombe and Bauchi states.