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Abstract:
University education plays a crucial role in the provision of high-level manpower for the socio-political and economic development of any nation. To this end, the effective management of this educational sector most especially at the private level becomes very imperative. This paper therefore aims at examine the myriads of problems militating against the effective management of private universities in Nigeria and how this problems can be curbed or reduced to the bearest minimum. Prominent among these problems are: Inadequate funding, profit maximization motive, shortage of faculty member, wideness of social gap and so on. It was therefore recommended that government should work hand in hand with proprietors of private universities by giving them access to Education Tax Fund (ETF) grant and providing them with necessary logistics supports so as to enhance or promote effective performances on their parts

Keywords: effective management, private university, access, education, Nigeria

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