Impact of National Debt Serving on High Education Administration in Nigeria

Keywords: Administration, Higher Education, National Debt

Abstract

This paper discussed the impact of National Debt Servin on higher education administration in Nigeria. This paper used both qualitative and quantitative data as secondary data which relies on print materials and online resources from CEON, Elsevier, Hindawi, JSTOR, IEEE, Learn Techlib SAGE, Nebraska and Springer, Google scholar, amongst others. Content Analysis was adopted for the selection of the literature. The paper concluded that reduction in higher education funding, suspension of capital projects (infrastructural facilities), shortage of staff, strike actions and poor implementation of higher education policies are the impact of National Debt Serving on higher education administration in Nigeria. To ensure public higer institutions enjoys adequate funding in Nigeria, the paper suggested among others that the government should ensure that various obligations and financial agreements does not interfere in the funding of higher education.

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Published
2022-07-27
How to Cite
Ogunode, N. J., Onyekachi, M. C., & Gloria, O.-A. T. (2022). Impact of National Debt Serving on High Education Administration in Nigeria. Central Asian Journal of Innovations on Tourism Management and Finance, 3(7), 38-49. Retrieved from https://cajitmf.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJITMF/article/view/291
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