Impact of Insurgency on Universities in North East Nigeria

The study was on the impact of Insurgency on Universities in North East Nigeria. Three objectives which were translated to three research questions were answered by the study. The research design for the study was descriptive survey. The total population of the study was 15,502 teaching and non-teaching staff in the 15 universities in the region. The sample for the study was purposively selected with 1,501 respondents having 1011 academic staff and 490 non-academic staff. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a rating scale of 4-point. The validation of the instrument was done by three experts. In order to check for the reliability of the instrument, the instrument was pilot tested on fifty-two staff of Federal polytechnic, Mubi using test-retest method. The reliability test was carried out on the instrument using Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient and a reliability index of 0.69 was obtained. The data obtained from the study was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Results from the study revealed that brain drain impacted negatively on the universities in the region due to insurgency and also, there was drop in the enrolment rate of students due to insurgency. Recommendations made include: the government at both federal and state levels should make effort in recruiting more staff in the universities in the north east Nigeria.