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The non-academic staff are professionals providing academic services in the Nigerian higher institutions. The place of the non-academic staff in the administration and management of higher institutions cannot be overstated. It is unfortunate that the non-academic staff in the Nigerian higher institutions are facing many challenges. This article discussed the challenges facing the non-academic staff of higher institutions in Nigeria. Secondary data were employed to support the points raised in the article. The secondary data were sourced from print material and online publication by recognized institutions and individual authors. The non-academic staff are the eyes and the engine room of the university system. This article identified the following: poor motivation, inadequate infrastructural facilities, inadequate working materials, poor staff capacity development programme, poor working environment, insecurity, poor ICT literacy and inadequate ICT facilities as the challenges facing the non-academic staff of higher institutions in Nigeria. In order to address this challenges, this article recommends the following: harmonization of union groups in the various higher institutions, higher institutions administrators should motivate non-academic staff, provide adequate infrastructural facilities like offices, office tables and chairs, provision of adequate working materials, provision of conducive working environment, provision of more slot for non-teaching staff capacity development programme and the government should improve the security of the country.

Keywords

Challenges; Higher Institutions; Non-academic Staff

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