FG directs federal universities to justify manpower requests

Other recipients include the Director-General of the Budget Office, Chairman of the Federal Character Commission and Director of Human Resource Management at the Federal Ministry of Education.

Their inclusion places the directive within a broader government framework involving university administration, personnel management and the financial implications of public-sector recruitment.

The Federal Government’s position, as outlined by Alausa, is that manpower requests must reflect genuine institutional needs while demonstrating their relevance to labour market conditions and national development priorities.

The directive signals tighter scrutiny of recruitment-related expenditure in federal universities, with future staffing proposals expected to provide stronger justification for additional personnel and demonstrate how proposed academic programmes contribute to Nigeria’s human capital development.