Ivory Tower and its Impact of Research Development: A Study of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State
A. M. Letswa & Abdulkadir Abdulmalik
Department of Political Science
Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai
Email: ahmadletswa@gmail.com; abdulkadirabdumalik@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Universities are seen as centres for experimentation and knowledge production for development. Science and technology is a product of universities research efforts. At this backdrop, this study was undertaken to probe ivory towers and impact of research development, a study of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. The study adopted both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 descriptive analysis and simple regression test as well as content analysis were used to analysed the questionnaires and interview respectively. The research found out that there is a relationship between IBB University and research development. There is relative enabling environment for research development as provided by the University. However, host community has not benefited from IBB University’s research effort. The study concluded that there is a low capacity among the researchers in the University to come up solution driven researches. It was therefore recommended that capacity building by training of researchers on fundamental research techniques should be considered a priority by the University.
Key Words: Research Development, Ivory Tower
