Economic Impact of poor Security Management in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi State

Abstract

The researchers investigated the economic impact of security management in Prince Abubakar
Audu University Anyigba, Kogi State. The study adopted a survey research design. The population
of the study is made up of 396 academic and non-academic staff. The sample for this study was 78
academic staff and 120 non-academic staff using cluster random sampling technique. Two
research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A researcher made questionnaire,
observation schedule and oral interview titled, ‘Economic Impact of Poor Security Management
in Tertiary Institutions Questionnaire (EIPSMTIQ)’ was used to collect data. The questionnaire
was divided into two main sections. The first section was used to generate demographic
information while the second section contains the questionnaire items addressing the various
variables identified in this study such as cost impact and resource allocation impact. A face and
content validity method was employed to ascertain the authenticity of the questionnaire items.
Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used to ascertain the reliability of the
instrument. The reliability index obtained was 0.86. Mean, standard deviation and rank order to
analyze the data related to the research questions and z-test statistical analysis was used to test
the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that both the academic and nonacademic
staff unanimously agreed that resource allocation impact of security management in
Prince Abubakar Audu University, Kogi State is to a low extent and there is no significant
difference between the mean rating of academic staff and that non-academic staff on the extent of
resource allocation impact of security management in Prince Abubakar Audu University, Kogi
State. The researchers recommended among others that the Kogi State government should ensure
that resources allocation for security management of the state-owned institution is improved and
adequate to meet the security demands of the institution.