STUDENTS’ AFFAIRS UNITS IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD

Abstract

The Students’ Affairs Division is a critical unit within the university system. The Unit handles students’ affairs matters. The Unit implements policies and program geared towards the development of the students in the university system. The Unit due to increment in the enrolment of students is facing many challenges. This article discussed the challenges facing the Students’ Affairs Division of Nigerian universities. The article used secondary data. The article identified inadequate funding of the unit, inadequate staff, inadequate working materials, inadequate infrastructural facilities, poor capacity development programme of staff and poor motivations. To address these challenges, this paper suggested the following: increase in the funding of the Students’ Affairs Unit, employment of more staff in the Unit, provision adequate working facilities, provision of adequate infrastructural facilities, effective staff development programme and improvement on the welfare of the staff.