I remember that as an undergraduate, education was virtually free at the tertiary level in Nigeria. It was in the spirit of such research orientation that Nigerian academics joined the rest of their counterparts around the world in establishing research academies like the Academy of Science, the Academy of Arts or Academy of Letters, the Social Science Academy and others. That was in 1984 when the Social Science Council of Nigeria (now the Social Science Academy of Nigeria) was formed. The Nigerian academies, like their counterparts across the globe, are non-profit organisations providing expert advice to the government. But it is not just the academies, education as a sector suffered fatalities at the hands of the Buhari government.

Source: Punch November 27, 2023 12:53 UTC