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Japa: 99,985 students left Nigeria to study in UK universities in five5 years — Minister of Interior
The minister was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week on Monday.
“According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), reports have shown that about 99,985 Nigerian students left this country to enrol in universities in the United Kingdom between 2017 and 2022.”
While many may contend that the majority of these students have simply ‘JAPA’ for other reasons, we cannot also deny the fact that a larger chunk of these students has left with the purest of intent to seek further knowledge for self-advancement.
Now, in going all through this, therefore, I may want to ask, why our students should now s¥ffer to acquire international passports, even when they have paid for them.
Their pursuit of breaking new grounds across borders, is one which gives us great joy as through our children, we sustain the future,” he said.
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