...Public education from primary to university goes as low as N1.4m In a country where more than half of the population lives on less than $2 a day, families are spending an average of N33.6 million ($21,000) to educate just one child from primary school to a university degree. The staggering figure, though well below what their peers pay globally, is equivalent to over 20 years of income for an average Nigerian, underscoring a deepening inequality and a brewing crisis at the heart of the country's social contract. The study c
...Public education from primary to university goes as low as N1.4m In a country where more than half of the population lives on less than $2 a day, families are spending an average of N33.6 million ($21,000) to educate just one child from primary school to a university degree. The staggering figure, though well below what their peers pay globally, is equivalent to over 20 years of income for an average Nigerian, underscoring a deepening inequality and a brewing crisis at the heart of the country's social contract. The study c