Prof. Riskuwa Shehu, the Vice Chancellor, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto has decried the low level of research funding in Nigeria.
Shehu, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Tuesday, noted that funding of researches had not been adequately catered for.
He said this trend should be reversed to uplift the quality of tertiary education in the country.
He added: “Universities must be able to conduct researches relevant to the society.
“Such researches should be aimed at providing solutions to the problems in the society.”
Shehu, however, stressed that researchers in the universities should not solely depend on the government for research funding, but seek additional funding from stakeholders.
He said that the university lecturers should tap their myriad of sources of funding of researches locally, nationally and internationally.
He said: “Recently 58 research proposals were submitted in the university, but only 16 were found to have met the set standards for funding.
“This is quite disturbing and we must have a considerable change of attitude. Knowledge of research methodologies lead to quality researches.”
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