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Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule revealed that the state gets N4.2 billion monthly from federal account, and that spending money to the tune of N4.4 billion is not sustainable. Senator Abdullahi Adamu identified paucity of funds as a major issue affecting the standard of Nigerian Universities. Vice chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Professor Suleiman Bala Muhammad, appealed to the state government to take over the payment of staff salaries, and called for the building of more classrooms and offices.