ICPC Blames Corruption In Varsities On Poor Funding

Executive member of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Matters, Prof. Olu Aina, has said that corruption in the nation’s tertiary institutions is triggered by poor funding.
Aina said this in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Tuesday during the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board technical meeting on 2013/2014 admission into degree awarding institutions in Nigeria.
Speaking on the theme, “ICPC University Systems Study and Review,” Aina said it was the poor funding of universities that encouraged institutions to engage in over enrolment of students to generate revenue to run the system.
He also listed political interference in the admission process, lack of proper monitoring, absence of punitive measures as other forms of corruption in the university admission systems.
He said, “Corruption in Nigerian universities take the forms of non-adherence to the carrying capacity of the NUC; non-adherence to rules and regulations guiding admission, political interference in the admission process of the universities.
“Others are inadequate funding which encourage universities to engage in over enrolment of students in order to generate IGR to run the institutions; lack of proper monitoring and the absence of punitive measures taken against erring universities by NUC.”