ADEQUATE FUNDING PANACEA FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC PLANNING UNITS OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Abstract

Adequate funding is crucial for the sustainable development of academic planning units in Nigerian universities. The paper examined the benefits of adequately funding academic planning units of the universities in Nigeria. The study adopted the used of secondary data. The secondary data were obtained from online publication and print resources. Content analysis was used for select the literatures. The paper concluded that the benefits of adequately funding academic planning units in the Nigerian universities includes; supporting accreditation process, implementation of the core programme, recruitment of qualified staff, improvement in collaboration, support academic programme development, provision of infrastructure facilities, and aids timely staff training and development. It is based on this finding that the paper recommends an increment in the budgetary allocation of academic planning units. The Director of academic planning unit should collaborate with private institutions and international organizations to raise more funds for the implementation of the units’ programme.