Abstract
This paper examined the human resource situation in Nigerian universities, using Ekiti State University as a casestudy. The research design used was a descriptive survey type. The population and sample consisted of all theacademic staff of the university under investigation. Secondary data was considered and relevant data werecollected from the academic planning division of the vice-chancellor’s office, Ekiti State University in order tofind out the human resource situation in terms of quantity, quality and adequacy as specified by NUC guidelinesin the university under investigation. Finding showed that the university under consideration fair very well interms of academic staff in professorial cadre, considering NUC requirement but its however bottom heavy interms of academic staff mix. Majority of academic staff in Ekiti State University are in the cadre of lecturer Idownward with the 65.1% of the entire academic staff falls into this category; which did not meet up withNational Universities Commission (NUC) ideal recommendation of only 45%. Based on this, it was thereforerecommended among others that more academic staff of the senior cadre should be recruited to the Nigerianuniversities to remedy the short fall in the system and so as to equally adhere strictly to NUC standard oflecturer/student ratio in order to ensure quality; since the findings in the university under investigation is nottotally different from what is obtainable in other Nigerian universities.
Highlights
The place of human resource in any organisation cannot be overemphasised
Yann (2002) further buttress this position that many Nigerian universities have been cut off from international networks, scholars from these universities appeared to have been forced to seek individually for alternative resource for research activity. It is against this backdrop that this study investigates the resource situation in Nigerian universities; using Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti as a case study
National Universities Commission (NUC) expects that the followings should be adhere to so as to ensure that quality graduates which are very critical to national development and central to the progress of the society are produced in Nigerian universities: Table 1
Summary
The place of human resource in any organisation cannot be overemphasised. It is the most essential resource and it constitutes the most crucial factor in development process of any organisation. The effectiveness of an organisation such as a university largely depends on the situation or condition of the academic staff in the system It is generally believed in the words of Fadipe (2000) that having right type of human resource in Nigerian universities would enhance the production of the right type of manpower in sufficient quantity and quality for the transformation of the nation from a developing country to a developed one. Awuzie (2008) further confirmed this that some of the problems plaguing university education in Nigeria include shortage of academic personnel, poor funding and explosion of universities without facilities With this development, the goals and objectives of universities in the production of quality gradates, worthy in learning and character, and the creation of up-to-date knowledge and innovations for the total socio-economic and even political development of a nation like Nigeria may be frustrated or jeopardised. The reason for the appellation “Fountain of Knowledge” given to the state by all and sundry
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