Abstract: The study has empirically analysed the effect of fuel subsidy removal on academic staff productivity in Colleges of Education in Benue State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted for the study. The study population comprises all academic staff of the state-owned Colleges of Education in Benue State. A sample of 223 respondents was used for the study using multistage sampling techniques. Questionnaires alongside interviews were used for data collection. Data was analysed using charts, frequencies, percentages and simple regression analysis. The results of the study indicated that the high cost of living, transportation costs and being unable to fuel vehicles were factors affecting the productivity of the academic staff. More so, the study found that fuel subsidy removal has a significant relationship with the extent of the cost of living of academic staff in Colleges of Education in Benue State. Finally, the study established that fuel subsidy removal has a significant relationship with the level of productivity of academic staff in Colleges of Education in Benue State. Therefore, the study concluded that fuel subsidy removal has posed a great challenge to the academic staff concerning their effectiveness in performing their core responsibilities in the Colleges of Education in Benue State. The study recommended that the state government through the Ministry of Education should intervene in providing cash transfer schemes, transport vouchers and mass transit schemes among others to the academic staff in order to reduce their suffering due to the elimination of fuel subsidies.
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