EFFECTS OF CORRUPTION ON PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Corruption has penetrated into the educational institutions in Nigeria, especially the public universities. This paper discussed the effects of corruption on the public university administration in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the various points raised in the paper. This paper generated secondary data from the print materials and online resources. The paper concludes that the effects of corruption on the public university administration in Nigeria include the following: reduction of funds for administrative functions, shortage of infrastructural facilities, shortage of academic staff, poor quality of education, resources wastage, increase in administrative cost, hampering development of public universities and resulting to poor image of public universities in international communities. To address these problems of corruption in the public universities, the paper recommends that the government and the school administrators should deploy human and materials resources to fight all forms of corruption in the university’s system.