STAKEHOLDERS’ PERCEPTION ON UNIONISM AND CORRUPTION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITY WUKARI, TARABA STATE

Abstract

It is true that corruption in the education industry is a practice that has multiple capabilities of undermining the national development of any nation. This paper examined stakeholders’ perception on Unionism and Corruption in Higher Education in Nigeria. The researchers adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the 1970 academic and non-academic staff of the university and 5657 students of the institution. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 240 staff members stratified along academic and non-academic, while a sample size of 120 was selected from student population, making a total of 360 respondents who participated in the research. A 15-item researcher-developed questionnaire titled “Stakeholders Perception on Unionism and Corruption in Higher Education Questionnaire (SPUCHEQ)” was used as an instrument for data collection. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and percentage scores. The Chi-square statistic was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that unionism is used by the management of higher education in Nigeria to perpetrate corruption. Conclusion was drawn, and it was recommended that Unionism in Higher education should be independent, free of interference from the university management.