ABSU to Hire 300 Staff, Build 10,000-Bed Hostels

Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) is set to hire about 300 new academic staff alongside the promotion of both teaching and non-teaching staff.

Additionally, two 5,000-bed capacity hostels, one for male students and another for female students, are currently under construction. In contrast, over 10,000 new students are projected for admission in the next cycle, raising the total enrollment from its current 20,000 to 30,000. The promotion of staff who had stagnated for about five years has been approved as well.

All these were disclosed recently by the institution’s Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Governing Council, Rt. Hon. Agwu U. Agwu, PhD, a former Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, after his Council held its second regular meeting since its inauguration in March 2025.

The meeting was the 158th Regular Session of the University’s Governing Council. Agwu explained that the meeting reviewed reports of Committees set up during their maiden session on the running of the Council and the continued progress of ABSU.

When asked why there has been no industrial action in the university compared to the unrest before Governor Alex Otti assumed office on May 29 2023, the Pro-Chancellor said those who might have engaged in strikes no longer consider it rational, as most challenges that prompted such actions have either been resolved or are being addressed by the Visitor (Otti).

“There are no more arrears of salaries of workers in ABSU. The government has cleared the backlog of 11 months’ salary for the staff of the university,” he said.