The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has directed vice-chancellors and management teams of federal universities across Nigeria to uphold strict transparency and accountability in their financial dealings, warning against further breaches of the Appropriation Act.
​The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Abubakar Hassan Fulata, issued the directive in a statement released on Saturday, November 14, 2026, at 6:33 PM, following the conclusion of an intensive on-the-spot oversight tour of federal tertiary institutions across the South-West geopolitical zone.
During the oversight exercise, the committee visited the University of Ibadan in Oyo State, Adeyemi Federal University of Education in Ondo State, the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies in Iragbiji, Osun State, the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Studies in Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State, and the Nigeria French Language Village in Badagry, Lagos State.
​Fulata stated that the committee’s inspections exposed severe administrative and financial shortcomings, noting that several institutions submitted contradictory financial records that failed to account for internally generated revenue (IGR) and expenditure.
​”In some cases, the documents submitted contradict each other. You claimed to have generated N9 billion and spent N10 billion. Where did you get the N1 billion from?” Fulata queried in the statement. “In another instance, you will see N12 billion generated as income and only N8 billion spent, without any information regarding the whereabouts of the balance of N4 billion.”
​He warned university administrators that financial indiscipline and poor record-keeping must not be allowed to further undermine the delivery of quality tertiary education in the country.
​The South-West assessment forms part of a wider nationwide legislative exercise by the National Assembly to scrutinise public expenditure and evaluate the implementation of the 2025 and 2026 Appropriation Acts.
Prior to the South-West tour, Fulata and members of the committee, including Hon. Aliyu Ilyasu, Hon. Emmanuel Omirin Olusanya, and Hon. (Prof.) Paul Nnamchi, conducted similar oversight visits in late October and early November 2026 to universities in the South-East and South-South zones, such as the University of Port Harcourt, the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).
​Addressing concerns that political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections might distract lawmakers from holding institutions accountable, Fulata emphasized that electoral demands would not compromise the committee’s constitutional duty to ensure public funds are utilised strictly for the purposes for which they were appropriated.
