IMPACT OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES ON ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH-CENTRAL NIGERIA
AUGUSTINE SAMBO AZI, PhD
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF JOS
NIGERIA
08037005897
And
JULIANA YUSUFU MUGU
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF JOS
And
ABUBAKAR ISAH SALUHU
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL STUDIES
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC
NASARAWA
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of federal government budgetary allocation to federal universities on alternative sources of funding federal universities in North-Central Zone of Nigeria. This is because most studies on budgetary allocation to universities have not been concrete enough in addressing alternative sources of funding federal universities. The study specifically examined the adequacy of federal government budgetary allocation to universities and its influence on alternative sources of funding universities in North-Central Zone of Nigeria. Apart from extracting relevant Documents relating to budgetary allocations from the sampled universities, a descriptive research design was employed and data was collected from 5 out of 7 university Vice-Chancellors, 101 out of 254 bursary staff and 50 out of 84,304 students from the five sampled federal universities. Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were adopted in this study. The research instruments employed for data collection were questionnaires for bursary staff, interview guide for university Vice-Chancellors, and Focus Group Discussion Guide for university students. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to analyze the data. They were subjected to reliability and validity tests and found to be valid and reliable for the study. The findings of the study from the field and documents established that the sampled universities depended on government budgetary allocations for their developmental priorities as the sampled universities were only generating between 10 to 15 percent of their funds internally, mostly from fees that students pay. The implication of this finding on the study is that Nigerian universities have a shortfall from their internal revenues, thus, they may not be able to achieve their developmental priorities. The study recommended among others that university Vice-Chancellors should apart from investing in profitable ventures, mobilize Alumni and other stakeholders to be involved in generating funds for universities.