Despite the federal government’s hammer on degrees obtained from universities in Togo and Benin Republic, Nigerian youth continue to seek higher education in these neighbouring French-speaking countries. GBENGA ADERANTI reveals why the youths are undaunted by the government’s blacklist of certificates from such universities and why the trend may not cease any time soon
ACCORDING to Ministere De L’Enseignement Superieur Et De Recherche Scientifique, Republique Du Benin; Guide D’orientation Universitaire 2020-2021, there were about 74 listed private universities in Benin in 2021. By 2024 the media reported that 45 universities operated in Benin and Togo, indicating that some 50 per cent of the universities in Benin may have been…


