Section 23: Special provisions relating to pension of professors

A person who retires as a professor having served-
[1993 No. 11.](a) a minimum period of fifteen years as a professor in the University or continuously
in the service of a university in Nigeria up to the retiring age; and
(b) who during the period of service was absent from the University only on approved national or University assignments,
shall be entitled to pension at a rate equivalent to his last annual salary and such allowances as the Council may, from time to time, determine as qualifying for pension and gratuity, in addition to any other retirement benefits to which he may be entitled.