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The inability of government to satisfy the growing demand for tertiary education has necessitated the entry of the private sector operators into the Nigerian tertiary education system to solve access and funding problems. This study assesses the importance of user fees as alternative mode of financing tertiary education to achieve sustainable transformation in Nigeria.
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Okuwa, O.B., Campbell, O.A. (2017). Financing Higher Education in Nigeria. In: Maringe, F., Ojo, E. (eds) Sustainable Transformation in African Higher Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-902-7_12
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