Vice-Chancellor of Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Kabiru Adeyemo, said the university has created its own salary scales for both teaching and non-teaching staff “which is far higher than the salary scales in use in most Nigerian public universities.”
The university administrator made this known when he was featured at “Breakfast Meeting”, organised by the South-West Group of Online Publishers (SWEGOP), held on Thursday.
In Lead City University, Professor Adeyemo said, both teaching and non-teaching staff were elevated to higher positions, in order to encourage and generally motivate them.
His words: “In the academic staff cadre, a total of 105 staff members received a promotion to higher positions. These include two full professors, seven associate professors, nine senior lecturers, 47 Lecturers I and 32 Lecturers II.
“Five Graduate Assistants were also elevated to Assistant Lecturer positions, while three Librarians I got promoted to Senior Librarians.
“In the non-teaching cadre, many deserving members of staff got elevation to higher positions. It is worthy of mention that every member of staff in the university, without exception in both teaching and non-teaching cadres, received a fat salary increment.”
Prof Adeyemo also revealed that the management of the first private university in Oyo State, which was established in 2005 by Professor Jide Owoeye, has zero tolerance for any form of misconduct by staff and students of the institution.
“Measures put in place at Lead City University, are enough foolproof against academic cheat among the students, particularly at the post-graduate level.
“Lead City University pays zero tolerance to issues of misconduct and other behaviours of negative nature to official matters among its staff.
“In this circumstance, following laid down procedures, as provided in the University’s Human Resources Management Policy and Conditions of Service for staff, during the year under consideration, some erring members of staff were given various degrees of sanctions, depending on the gravity of their offences.
“For instance, some have been relieved of their positions for offences ranging from absconding from duty, not complying with terms and conditions of employment, betraying the trust placed on them by the university and engaging in acts detrimental to the interest of the university, while some were placed on suspension for a specific period of time and some given letters of warning,” Prof Adeyemo said.
