CHALLENGE OF STAFF MOTIVATION AT FEDERAL UNIVERSITY GASHUA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

This paper discussed the concept of motivation and tertiary education in Nigeria. The paper looked at barriers to motivational programme at federal university Gashua. The paper used secondary data and the data were collected from online publications and print materials from libraries. The paper concluded that barriers to motivational programme in the university include but not limited to poor funding, negative altitude of university management toward motivation, poor implementation of motivational policies, and poor training of tertiary administrators on motivation. Based on these barriers identified, the paper hereby recommended among others that, university management should increase institutionalized motivational programme for staff yearly, implementation of welfare policies as formulated, and prepare institutions policy on motivation and training should be organize.