Benue State University, Makurdi

GOVERNING COUNCILS’ PRACTICAL APPROACH ON MANAGEMENT OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

Dorcas Akura and Professor Adejo Okwori

Abstract

The study investigated governing councils’ practical approach on management of federal universities in North Central Nigeria. Two research questions guided the study. The study formulated and tested two null hypotheses. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,451 which comprised 108 governing council, 1078 Senate, 70 Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), 65 Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), 60 Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and 70 Students Union Government (SUG), from the 7 federal universities in the North Central Nigeria. The sample was 364 governing council members. The instrument used for data collection was a fourpoint rating scale questionnaire titled “Governing Councils Approach and Management of Federal Universities Questionnaire (GCAMFUQ)”. The instrument was validated by three experts to determine the validity of the instrument while Cronbach Alpha statistics was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The result of the reliability test yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.84. The research questions were answered using mean scores and standard deviations with a mean score cut-off point of 2.50. Chi-square was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study indicated that governing councils have significant influence on financial management and maintenance of ICT facilities in federal universities in North Central Nigeria. The study concluded that governing councils have positive influence on management of federal universities. The study therefore recommended among other that governing councils should ensure to partner with relevant stakeholders in education so universities finances are well managed and ICT facilities properly maintained in order to effectively store and retrieve information for achievement of Federal Universities’ objectives.

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