FUNDS ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN UNIVERSITIES IN NORTH WEST ZONE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined funds allocation and management of staff development programmes in 
Universities in North West Zone, Nigeria. Two research questions and hypotheses guided the study. 
The study adopted the descriptive survey research design with a population of 25,020, while the 
sample size of the study was 444 stakeholders chosen through the simple random sampling technique. 
The instrument used for the collection of data was a self-structured questionnaire titled, “Funds 
Management Development Programmes Questionnaire” (FMDPQ) with a reliability coefficient index 
of ‘r’ = 0.97 obtained through the Cronbach alpha method. The questionnaire was structured on 5 
points type rating scale responses of Strongly Agree (SA), Agree (A), Undecided (U) Disagree (D) 
and Strongly Disagree (SD). Data were analysed using frequency counts and percentages for the 
research questions while the hypotheses were tested using One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 
at p<0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that there was adequate fund allocation 
for the management of in- service training program and it was effectively utilized by the management 
of universities. However, fund allocation for the management of conference programmes was 
inadequate and it affected staff progress positively in most Universities in North West Zone, Nigeria. 
The study recommended among others that; government should make adequate allocation of funds to 
Universities for the management of conference attendance by staff and this should be done through 
liaison with the Non- Governmental Agencies/Organizations for Nigerian Universities to effectively 
carry out the primary mandate of the University system to suit into contemporary terms.