Impact of Fuel Subsidy Removal on Research Programmes of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper discussed the impact of subsidy removal on research programme of tertiary institutions. Secondary data were used in the paper. The data were collected from print and online publications. The paper concluded that subsidy removal has led to increment in operational cost of conducting research, loss of interest in research, disruptions of research conferences programme, reduction in volume of research findings publications and led to research abandonment and completion. Based on these findings, the paper recommended that Federal and state governments should allocate at least 2% of the total monthly subsidy funds saved on tertiary education research programme development.