Quality Issue: A Decade After University Privatisation in Nigeria

This paper was design to look into quality issue in Nigerian universities, a decade after the privatisation policy was established. This paper is a desk research with the intensity to observe how Nigeria University institutions have positioned itself after the introduction of privatisation policy. The study focuses attention on contemporary issues around what lead to the establishment of private universities in Nigeria and its effects on service delivery, that have raised concerns about quality or question of whether or not quality is factored into the development of privately owned university in the country. The findings reveals that the introduction of privatisation policy has reduce the public university unrest in terms of strike action, monopoly of market and many more. The existence of the private universities have created more access and have given candidates opportunity to choose among various options. The findings also reveals that at the start of the private universities, many of the university tend to be effective but after a few years they began to drop their standard due to lack of funding support, even overcrowding, late payment of staff salaries among others.