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This article discussed the problems facing the universities administration in Nigeria. Secondary data was used to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print materials and online publications by recognized institutions and individual author. There are many problems hindering smooth administration of Nigerian public universities. Some of the problems include; inadequate funding, inadequate academic staff, inadequate infrastructural facilities, brain-drain, incessant strike actions by the universities unions, institutional corruption, insecurity problems, weak administrators and poor capacity development of academic staff , political interference in the universities administration, indiscriminate issuance of licenses for establishing new universities, universities autonomy dilemma, poor Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) among others. To solve these challenges, this article recommends: that the government should increase the funding universities, employ of more academic staff, provide adequate infrastructural facilities, implement all agreement with unions, ensure effective staff development programme and effective motivation policy. Keyword: Administration, Administrators, Challenges, Education. 1.0 Introduction The importance of university institution as a centre for learning cannot be over emphasized. It is globally known as the peak of tertiary level of education, the mandates for universities are common universally, it is specifically designed to carry out researches and bring out innovations for both global and a specific problems. Historically, in Nigeria, the idea of setting up a university can be traced back to 1948 when the university college, Ibadan was established by the colonial administration based on the recommendations of Elliot Commission (Aguba, 2016). In Nigeria and other capitalist societies, the laws permit that a university can be established and run either by government (federal/states), private individuals or organizations. As a result, there are 171 universities in Nigeria owns by federal or states governments, private individuals or organizations. However, the focus this research work is on public universities. Universities management has two organs; the external and the internal. The external organ comprises of the governing council headed by chairman (Pro Chancellor), the Chancellor, National Universities Commission (NUC) Federal/State Ministry for Education. On the other hand, the internal organ comprises of senate, headed by the ViceChancellor and the Registrar as the Secretary. This organ regulates the academic and administrative activities of the university based on the NUC guidelines it domiciles and operates within the university. Regrettably, in spite of this beautiful arrangement for effective administration of Nigerian universities by the government, the effective management public universities remain poses an enormous challenge to government. This situation cause for concerns from both the policy makers and academicians alike. It is against this background that this work aimed at unearthing the challenges bedeviling the smooth management of public universities in Nigeria and make suggestions on the ways forward. 1.1 Evolution of Nigerian universities The evolution of Nigerian universities can be traced back to 1948 when the university college, Ibadan was established by the colonial administration based on the recommendations of Elliot Commission set up in 1943 (Aguba, 2016). That was the stroke that breaks the camel’s back. From that point to date the numbers of public and private universities keep swelling by the day. Today, we have a total of 171 universities operating in Nigeria, the number comprises the following:  Federal government owned universities 44  State governments owned universities 48  Private owned universities 79 Some of these universities are specialized ones. Universities in Nigeria are classified based on the year establishment year or generations. Thus in the first category we have those established between 1948 1962 known as first generation universities these includes  University of Ibadan, 1948  Univsity of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1960  Obafemi Awolowo University, (then University of Ife, Ile-Ife) 1962

Public Universities Administration in Nigeria: Challenges and the ways forward