Tertiary Education Funding In Nigeria; The Effect Of Treasury Single Account – Tsa (a Case Study Of University Of Lagos)

Higher education in Nigeria has witnessed a significant growth in terms of expansion of access through increase in enrolment and establishment of additional institutions. However, it is saddening to note that many of the indices that can guarantee qualitative higher education are not taken into consideration in the country's quest to meet quantitative target. It has been observed that political factors are the main motives behind many of the expansion polices especially in the university system (Ekundayo, 2008) In fact, capital projects to meet the expanding programmes could not take off, in c…