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Inadequate funding is a major challenge facing the administration of universities in Nigeria. The university systemrequires a lot of funds for effective administration to be realized. The annual budgetary allocation for theadministration of universities in Nigeria is grossly inadequate. The inability of the federal government to stick tothe UNESCO 26% of national budget for education is affecting the management of Nigerian universities. For overa decade now, the annual budget for the entire educational sector in Nigeria is below 15% and this is affecting theeffective administration of the different levels of education in the country, including the university system. Thepoor funding of education is responsible for the poor quality of the universities’ education in Nigeria. The annualbudget for the administration of universities in the country is not adequate to provide the needed infrastructuralfacilities and human resources that the various universities required to function properly. This study thereforediscussed the benefits of funding tertiary education in Nigeria. The provision of adequate funds in the universitysystem will lead to the expansion of the universities and the establishment of more universities in the country.Moreover, adequate funding of tertiary institutions will help to fix the infrastructural facilities gap in the variousinstitutions, attract international lecturers, prevent strike actions, enhance research development, improveinternational ranking, among more others