The objective of this study was to determine the impact of promotion on job satisfaction and organizational productivity among staff of Usmanu DanFodiyo University Sokoto, Nigeria. Sample was selected through stratified random sampling technique and data was collected from 341 staff (academic, senior non-academic and junior staff) category of the university, out of which 308 questionnaire was retrieved and therefore, analysis was based on the 308 returned questionnaire. The analysis was done with the use of SPSS software version 21, using descriptive analysis to describe demographic characteristics of respondents, Pearson product moment correlation to test the relationship between the variables while chi square and regression was also used in analyzing the data obtained from the field. The result indicated that there was positive significant relationship between promotion opportunity and job satisfaction. The study therefore, recommends that organization should consider promotion variable as a means of retaining best brain and reduce brain drain in the organization