Fiscal Allocation and Administrative Effectiveness of University Managers in Southern Nigeria/Allocation Budgetaire Et Efficacite Administrative des Gestionnaires des Universites Du Nigeria Du Sud (Report‪)‬

INTRODUCTION Nigeria as a member of the United Nations is signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Right Article 26 (1)17 that "everyone has a right to education" with UNESCO defining education as a basic social need to be funded from collectively owned resources of the society. The nation is currently deregulating the provision of university education in keeping with the neo-liberal policies of the emerging global economy that has brought university funding to below optimal levels. University managers now have to supplement governmental allocation through ingenious revenue drives often at the expense of the primary function of teaching, research and community development. Their effort seem to be mitigated by rising student enrolment, over bloated personnel cost and the low value of the local currency.