Funding and Covid 19 Pandemic: Evidence from Selected Universities in Nigeria

COVID-19 pandemic has hit different countries with varying intensity, responding to the crisis has presented an unprecedented challenge to most governments in the world, both in scale and in the depth of impact on education. This paper examines funding and covid-19 pandemic of selected Universities in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design; primary data was collected from academic staff of the selected Universities, using semi-structured five-point scale questionnaire. One -Way Anova (Multivariate test) was used to test for the effect of funding on covid’19 pandemic. Findings revealed that funding has significant effects on covid-19 pandemic in the Universities in Nigeria. The paper recommends that National authorities and the international community need to protect education financing, through strengthen domestic revenue mobilization; preserve the share of expenditure for education and address inefficiencies in education spending.