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Conference Proceedings Society for Research & Academic Excellence Aug 2017 Society for Research and Academic Excellence www.academicexcellencesociety.com Conference Procedings 7th International Conference Date: 28th to 30th August 2017 Venue: Princess Alexandria Auditorium University of Nigeria, Nsukka Contact 080634650 Conference Procedings – University of Nigeria, Nsukka Page 1 Society for Research & Academic Excellence Aug 2017 In this Issue AUGUST 2017 Appraisal of the impact of funding and working conditions on academic staff performance in Federal Universities in North-west Nigeria - Abubakar Sabo &Abubakar Sambo Junaidu & AbdullahiAbubakar Yunusa Has Religion Become an Epiphenomenon?: Facts from the Boko Haram Insurgency in North Eastern Nigeria - Adams, Peter Akpo Violation of Fundamental Human Rights: The Experience of Christians in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State – Nigeria - Adams, Peter Akpo Religious Differences: A Major Factor in Conflict Eruption in Nigeria - Akah Josephine N.& Nnabuchi Ndidiamaka V. The Islamic Standpoint on Religious Pluralism: Ahl Al-Kitab in Perspective - Aliyu Alhaji Rabiu & Dauda Muhammad Promorting National Peace through Qur’anic Moral Teachings - Bello abubakar Social Context of Aids in Sub Saharan Africa: A Review - Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo Ealth and Morbidity: Some Ethno-Epistemic Issues - Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo Kwashiorkor as a Cultural Disease - Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo Relevance of Evolutionism and Historicsm in the History of Anthropology - Ekpechu, Joseph Ogbonnaya Alo Gender and Awareness of Functions Of Immunisation Vaccines Provided to Infants in Onicha Local Government Area Ebonyi State, Nigeria - Ekpechu, joseph ogbonnaya Alo Mysticism: Source and Summit of Religion - Innocent Ikechukwu Enweh Activites Ludiques Dans L’enseignement Du Fle: Le Cas Des Eleves De L’ecole Primaire De L’universite Du Nigeria, Nsukka - Amaka Epundu Resolving Religious Conflict in Nigeria: The Role of Religious Education - Eze Ann Ugomma & Nnabuchi Ndidamaka V Exchange Rate Trend and Manufacturingoutput Performance in Nigeria - Samuel Olayinka Musa Religious Conflict and National Development: Issues, Challenges and the Way out - Nwube Simeon Nnanna & Edigbo Michael N. The Notion of Noumenon in Kant and Igbo Conception of Ihe: A Dialectico-Hermeneutic Perspective - Louis Obi Conference Procedings – University of Nigeria, Nsukka Page 2 Society for Research & Academic Excellence Aug 2017 Unemployment and Entrepreneurship in 2 Thessalonians 3:6-12: The Role of the Church in Nigeria - Chiemezie Ogidi An Assessment of Traditional Healers Position on Hiv/Aids Transmission, Detection, Prevention and Control in Yoruba Contemporary Society - Ojelabi, Isaac Kehinde Evaluation of Indigenous Methods of Arbitration and Peace Building in Yoruba Contemporary Society - Ojelabi, Isaac Kehinde Peace Promotion and Enhancement as the Central Mission of Yoruba Indigenous Religion - Ojelabi Isaac Kehinde The Church and the Control of Global Warming -. V.A. Olusakin Christianity and African Traditional Medicine: Towards Resolving the Misconceptions and the Dilemma of African Christians - Festus Osom Omosor Politicization of Religion in Nigeria: the Ills of the Politics of god Seekers - Rufus, Anthony Faith Differences in Nigeria: The Incompatibility of Active and Contemplative Asceticism - Lazarus Baribiae Saale Relevance of Islamic Education and Administration of Justice for Peaceful Co-Existence in the Society - Murtala Hussaini Shagari &Bello shehu Pastoral Solution to Division Problem in Nigerian Churches: A Case Study of Corinthians Church - Ukpa, Uchegbulam Feminism in the Fourth Gospel: An Exegetical Study of John 4:27-30 - Ukpa, Uchegbulam Challenges in Studying Religion in Tertiary Institutions: The Nigerian Experience - Ukpa, Uchegbulam The Challenges Facing Nigerian Christian in a Distressed Socio-Political and Economic Environment: Effects on National Development - Casimir Peter Uyanga The Role of the Church in the Fight Against Corruption in Nigeria - Casimir Peter Unyanga Religious Violence as a Basis of Conflict and Consensus in Nigeria - Casimir Peter Uyanga Conference Procedings – University of Nigeria, Nsukka Page 3 Society for Research & Academic Excellence Aug 2017 Appraisal of the impact of funding and working conditions on academic staff performance in Federal Universities in North-west Nigeria AbubakarSABO PhD. Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Science, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto & Abubakar Sambo Junaidu (PhD.) Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management Science, UsmanuDanfodiyo University, Sokoto & AbdullahiAbubakar Yunusa Department of Curriculum Studies & Educational Technology,Faculty of Education & Extension Services,UsmanuDanfodiyoUniversity,Sokoto Abstract The preponderance of fraud and fraudulent activities in the Nigerian public sector especially in the educational sector remains a serious concern. The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities has accused successive governments of neglect and failure to allocate the necessary funds into the Public Universities. This study was structured to interrogate the extent to which the 2003 university act as regards funding and university autonomy has impacted on the academic staff performance of universities in North-western Nigeria. The study adopted survey research method, and used purposive sampling technique to select four hundred academic staff from three federal universities located in the north- western Nigeria.Afive likert-scale questionnaire and multiple logistic regression was employed to test the relationship between two predictor variables (Funding and Working Condition) and two response variables (Seminar and Workloads). The results indicate that while the predictor variables have a significant impact on one component of academic staff performance (Seminar), the results revealed that the predictor variables have no significant impact on the component of academic staff Workloads. The study recommends that government should take decisive action aimed at revitalizing the Nigeria’s educational sector, specifically the Universities especially in the areas of funding and working conditions. Keywords:Funding, Working Conditions and Academic Staff Performance Introduction The magnitude of the problem of funding and wage grievances in Nigeria’s education sector has led to series of strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (Ajetomobi and Ayanwale, 2009:8). Hence, this disrupts the learning process which further damages the educational system. Students are the most affected of all stakeholders as they are the direct victims of these incessant strike actions by ASUU. The university calendar has been constantly disrupted due to these industrial actions. This makes learning and research difficult for students. Parents are also indirect victims of these conflicts. This is because ASUU’s frequent strikes have increased the length of time during which their children or wards stay at home, leading to wastage of resources and placing further burdens on household economies which are already often overstretched. Apart from students and their parents, the crisis also affected the quality of graduatesproduced by the universities. This has been revealed by the employers of labour on several occasions. There is a huge mismatch between the output of university trained graduates and the demands of the labour market Conference Procedings – University of Nigeria, Nsukka Page 4 Society for Research & Academic Excellence Aug 2017 there by reducing the employment prospects of the average Nigerian undergraduate (Abayomi, 2013). While it can be argued that unemployment in Nigeria is partly attributable to the existence of a larger pool of graduates produced by the university system than the economy can absorb, there are numerous questions surrounding the quality of skilled labour. Even when some graduates are able to find a job, most employers have reservation about the quality of their education. Employers have expressed serious worries about two of the skill areas, namely ‘communication’ and ‘technical skills’. (Dabalen and Oni, 2000:22). Many graduates lack proficiency in written and spoken English, which is evident from their inability to formulate correct sentences, or even prepare a simple report. The major reason for this is that, because they are devoid of resources, universities tend to concentrate on theoretical teaching with little or no practical training. Consequently the average Nigerian graduate is unfamiliar with the tools or processes involved in the work place however conventional such equipments or processes are. Suffice to say that the combination of massive graduate unemployment and low productivity among the few employed graduates represent a poor social return on public investment. The quality of graduates, arguably, is a reflection of the quality of academic staff, the dearth of learning facilities such as libraries, laboratories, classrooms and so on, as well as inadequate financing. Perhaps, the most critical factor is the problem of deterioration in staff quality. In fact, a direct consequence of the poor emolument and working conditions of university employees is the phenomenon of brain drainfrom Nigerian Universities. The phrase ‘brain drain’ is a term used by the union members to reflect the loss of intellectual capacity from the Nigerian universities and other professions. Pemede (2007:361) notes: Without an internationally competitive remuneration for university teachers in
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