Nigeria, April 7 -- The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has directed heads of public tertiary institutions to publish key institutional data on their official websites.

Mr Alausa mandated all the institutions to publish in full a breakdown of their annual budgetary allocation on personnel cost, overhead costs and capital expenditures as well as their research grant revenue, including from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund).

The minister also asked the institutions to provide their current total student population, categorised into undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The ministry's spokesperson, Folasade Boriowo, said the directive was part of the government's move to entrench transparency, accountability, and good gove...