Fiscal Allocation and Administrative Effectiveness of University Managers in Southern Nigeria

Akaninyene Amos Udom, Usang Usang Bassey

Abstract


This study investigated Fiscal Allocation and Administrative effectiveness of managers of Federal universities in the South-East and South-South Zones of Nigeria. The causal comparative design was adopted while two hypotheses which covered the sub-variables of the research were formulated to guide the study. Two ten point semantic differential instruments were developed and validated for the study: Fiscal Allocation and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (FAAEQ) and University managers Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (UMAEQ) were used to obtain data from 600 purposively sampled subjects and 2,400 randomly selected lecturers from a population of 640 managers and 8,654 lecturers respectively in the eight universities within the area of study. The data were analyzed using population t-test. The study revealed a significantly high level of fiscal allocation to universities in Nigeria and that universities manager’s administrative effectiveness was equally significantly high. It was concluded that fiscal allocation in terms of the levels of subvention, internal revenue, grant/aid has a significantly high influence on the administrative effectiveness of university managers in terms of budgeting, decision-making and management of finance, personnel, curriculum and plant/facilities. Keywords: Fiscal Allocation; University Managers; Administrative EffectivenessRésumé: Cette étude a examiné l'allocation budgétaire et l'efficacité administrative des gestionnaires des universités fédérales dans les zones sud-est et sud-ouest du Nigéria. La méthode comparative de causalité a été adoptée alors que deux hypothèses qui couvraient les sous-variables de la recherche ont été formulées afin de guider l'étude. Deux instruments sémantiques différents de dix points ont été développées et validées pour l'étude. Le questionnaire de l'allocation budgétaire et de l'efficacité administrative(QABEA) et le questionnaire de l'efficacité administrative des gestionnaires universitaires (QEAGU) ont été utilisés pour obtenir des données de 600 sujets délibérément choisis et 2.400 enseignants choisis au hasard parmi un total de 640 gestionnaires et de 8.654 professeurs respectivement, dans les huit universités dans le domaine d'étude. Les données ont été analysées à l'aide du t-test de population. L'étude a révélé un niveau significativement élevé de l'allocation budgétaire pour les universités du Nigeria et le niveau de l'efficacité administrative des gestionnaires des universités a été également significativement élevée. Il a conclu que l'allocation budgétaire en terme du niveau de subvention, des recettes internes, de la subvention ou de l'aide avait une influence significative sur l'efficacité administrative des gestionnaires des universités en matière de la budgétisation, de la décision et la gestion des finances, du personnel, des programmes et des installations.Mots-clés: allocation budgétaire; gestionnaires des universités; efficacité administrative

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.css.1923669720100606.024

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