Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has revealed that a federal university in Nigeria has about 1,200 staff members despite having less than 800 students.

Mr Alausa's comments came as he tried to justify the Nigerian government's decision to place a seven-year ban on the establishment of additional federal tertiary institutions.

Speaking after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the presidential villa on Wednesday, the minister described such situations as a waste of government resources.

"Let me give you specific examples of one university in one of the regions in the country. They have less than 800 students, and they have a staff strength of 1200," he said.

"This is the commonality in our fe...