Pen Resource University matriculates 334 students, warns against social vices
…as Council approves review of staff salaries
The Vice Chancellor of Pen Resource University, Gombe State Professor Yusuph Yahaya, says the institution has zero tolerance to all forms of criminality and immorality.
Yahaya stated this on Saturday during the matriculation of 334 students at the varsity’s campus.
According to him, their parents entrusted them in their care to provide them the needed leadership in education, model them in character and in learning, stressing that they as lecturers would give account for their actions and inactions.
He said, “Finally, Let me use this opportunity to state in unequivocal terms that we look after our students with all sincerity believing that they were entrusted to us by their parents because they have confidence in us.
“We also believe that even though their parents are not always here to see how we treat them, the Almighty sees everything we do and He will hold us to account for our deeds.
“In the discharge of this responsibility, we have Zero tolerance to all acts of immorality and criminality like exam malpractice and all forms of cheating, plagiarism, immodest dressing, drunkenness, drug abuse, theft etc.. The Pen Resource university will deal decisively with any student found to have contravened our rules concerning these or any other order of the university.”
While announcing salary review across all the cadres, the Pro-Chancellor Dr Sani Jauro, explained that the institution was not oblivious of the economic hardship residents were faced with.
“In view of this the council has decided to review the salaries of all our workers. From the cleaner to Lecturer one will have 25 per cent review; senior lecturers and readers will get 30 per cent increase the Professors are going to get 35 per cent the salary review has been approved and it will be implemented on Monday,” he added.
Jauro urged the beneficiaries of the review to justify the management’s magnanimity.
