This research is titled the Perceptions of Stakeholders on the Management of Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme in Northwest Zone of Nigeria. The universal Basic Education Programme aims at given free and compulsory education to Nigerian children from primary school to junior secondary school. Universal access to education has been the prime target for Nigeria and at the global level. The study was aimed at finding out how the UBE programme was managed in Northwest zone. Four states out of seven states of Northwest zone was used for this study. Seven objectives were set to guide the study, which include to examine the staffing situation, provision and maintenance of infrastructural facilities, to funding of UBE programme and students' enrolment and retention of the UBE programme in Northwest Zone etc. Seven research questions were asked based on the objectives and seven hypotheses postulated. The research reviewed related literature relevant to the study. Descriptive survey design was used as research design for the study. A total of 146,255 populations comprising of 13,454 schools, 13,454 head teachers, 119,047 teachers, 240 parents and 60 SUBEB officials were used. Respondents were randomly drawn from the population. Cluster sampling was used to distribute 810 samples among the four groups as follows: 250 head teachers, 400 teachers, 140 parents and 20 SUBEB officials. The main instrument used for data collection was questionnaire using likert scale measurement. All the seven hypotheses formulated were tested using One Way Analysis of Variable (ANOVA). Five out of the seven hypotheses were rejected while two were retained. The research hypotheses were subjected to Scheffe test to determine the significant differences in the opinions of respondents. The major findings of this research indicated that staffing situation in UBE schools was inadequate. Also, there were inadequate infrastructural facilities such as classrooms and chairs for teaching and learning in the UBE schools within the zone and the level of funding of UBE schools was inadequate low. There is need to increase funding of the schools by the respective educational agencies and seek alternative sources of funds for the UBE schools. In conclusion, the research concludes that the available facilities for teaching and learning are not adequate and there is no regular maintenance. The research recommends that recruitment of teachers should be based on merit and professionalism so that the objective of the UBE programme can be achieved. The research also recommends that the study can be replicated in other zones of the federation to improve the objectives of the UBE programme in the country.