ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF RATING OF ADEQUACY OF FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN YOBE STATE

The need to ascertain the adequacy of facilities provided in the offices of administrative staff of tertiary institutions prompted this study. The study ascertained the administrative staff rating of the adequacy of furniture and equipment of tertiary institutions in Yobe State. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design of the study was descriptive survey. Population of the study was 1,032 administrative staff of federal and state tertiary institutions in the study area. A proportionate sampling was used to select a sample size of 310 administrative staff. A structured questionnaire containing 14 items validated by three experts was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha method was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. Correlation coefficients of 0.82 and 0.92 for six clusters (B1 and B2) with an overall coefficient of 0.87 were obtained. Two hundred and ninety eight duly completed copies of the instrument were retrieved and used for data analysis. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions and to determine the homogeneity of the respondents’ ratings while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings revealed that administrative staff of tertiary institutions in Yobe State rated furniture and equipment provided in their offices as lowly adequate. The findings also showed that ownership of tertiary institution was not a significant factor on the mean ratings of administrative staff on the adequacy of furniture while ownership of tertiary institution significantly influenced their mean ratings on the adequacy of equipment provided in their offices. Based on the findings, the researcher concluded that there is need to improve the provision of furniture and equipment in tertiary institutions in Yobe State. It was recommended among others that, the Federal and State governments should increase the funding of federal and state tertiary institutions to improve furniture and equipment in the tertiary institutions.