Energy Crisis in Nigerian Universities: Implication for Effective Planning and Administration for Decision Making to Ensure Sustainable Development of University Education System in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed the energy crisis in the Nigerian universities for sustainable development of university education in Nigeria. Secondary data were used in the study. The secondary data were collected from online and print publications. The paper concluded that energy crisis is facing the Nigerian universities and is adversely affecting the academic services in the universities. Disruption of academic staff job performance, students’ academic work, consumption of larger portion of universities’ subvention and students protest are the impacts of energy crisis in the Nigerian universities. Poor funding, corruption, vandalism /insecurity, are the factors responsible for the energy crisis in the universities in Nigeria. Based, on this problems, the paper recommends that every universities in Nigeria should have builther power generation plant. Government and private institutions should provide adequate funding for the building of the plant.