DELTA, NIGERIA– Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has actually announced a brand-new income structure for academic and non-academic staff of the state-owned universities and other tertiary organizations.
Oborevwori revealed on Tuesday in Asaba during the inauguration of the Auditor-General of the state, Matthew Oghene, and the governing councils of three state-owned universities.
He said the new income structure for academic personnel of the 4 state-owned universities would take effect from August 2026, while the brand-new salary for non-academic staff and employees in other tertiary organizations would work from September.
The governor likewise inaugurated the governing councils of the University of Delta, Agbor, Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, and Southern Delta University, Ozoro.
The councils, which were made up in August, are chaired by Victor Peretomode for the University of Delta, Patrick Muoboghare for Dennis Osadebay University and Godson Echegile for Southern Delta University.
Student Enrolment Increases to Over 100,000
Oborevwori said the 4 state-owned universities now offer professional programs including medicine, law, nursing and accounting.
He disclosed that student enrolment throughout the institutions had increased from about 50,000 in 2023 to more than 100,000 in 2026.
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The governor likewise stated the scholastic calendar of the state-owned universities had not been interrupted by staff strikes or trainee discontent in 17 years.
He explained the advancement as proof of the state government’s dedication to preserving stability in the organizations.
Oborevwori described Delta State as “an emerging education hub in Nigeria” and stated his administration remained committed to rearranging the state-owned universities as centres of quality.
He charged the newly inaugurated governing councils to create and execute policies that would reinforce business governance, enhance institutional performance and promote sustainable development.
Councils Charged on Accountability
The governor prompted the councils, as the greatest policy-making bodies of the universities, to make sure regular meetings, cumulative duty, openness and accountability in the administration of the institutions.
He also cautioned them against nepotism and parochial interests, advising members to demonstrate stability in the discharge of their duties and keep public self-confidence in the organizations.
Oborevwori said the councils must make sure that cases of unwanted sexual advances, assessment malpractice, partiality and cultism were not tolerated in the universities.
“The governing councils ought to guarantee that cases of sexual harassment, assessment malpractice, partiality, and cultism are not endured in our universities,” he said.
He added that where laws or institutional rules were breached or prevented, the councils ought to use suitable disciplinary procedures.
“Similarly important is the need to guarantee equity, fairness and justice in matters of personnel discipline,” the governor said.
Government Approves Hostel Building
The guv stated the state federal government would continue to support tertiary education within the limitations of offered resources, while encouraging the organizations to check out extra sources of financing.
He urged the governing councils to dedicate attention to marketing their institutions and bring in private-sector financial investments to match government funding.
Oborevwori divulged that his administration had actually authorized the construction of two hostels for each of the nine state-owned tertiary institutions.
According to him, each hostel will have a capacity of 480 trainees.
He charged the councils to build on the development recorded in the institutions and make them more competitive nationally and worldwide.
Reacting on behalf of the appointees, Muoboghare, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Dennis Osadebay University, thanked the governor for designating him and other members of the councils.
Muoboghare required the establishment of a College Endowment Fund to supply sustainable financing for tertiary organizations and reinforce their capability to complete worldwide.
He likewise urged popular citizens of Delta State and Nigeria to partner with the federal government by purchasing student hostels, personnel lodging, lecture halls and professors buildings.
He said federal government alone could not provide all the infrastructure required to develop the state’s universities.
The development comes as the Delta State Federal government continues to broaden its investment in tertiary education, with the brand-new wage structure, facilities projects and governing councils expected to support the administration and development of the state’s higher education organizations.