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Ijinda Valentina Christian.

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ABSTRACT The study examined politics interference and effective management of universities in Rivers State, Nigeria. Three research objectives, three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and the population of the study comprised of 4872 academic and senior non-academic staff in the three public universities in Rivers State. The instrument for data collection was the researcher’s self-structured questionnaire titled, ‘Politics interference and effective management of universities in Questionnaire (PIEAUQ)’. The instruments were validated for face and content validity by the supervisor and two research experts in the department of Educational Management. The overall internal consistency reliability coefficient of 0.91 was obtained. The data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation. The null hypotheses were tested using Z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean ratings of academic and non-academic staff on the influence of political interference in the appointment of principal officers for effective management of universities in Rivers State, Nigeria (Z1,922=-1, p=.1.96), amongst others. The study established that political interference in university funding and management in Rivers State is a pervasive and multifaceted issue, the researcher recommended the distribution of financial resources need to adhere to well-defined standards that prioritise academic and infrastructure requirements above political factors.

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