Scholars have called for urgent reforms in Nigeria's doctoral education system, citing low PhD output, prolonged completion periods and weak links between university research and national development. The call was made in Abuja at the Nigeria In-Country Inception and Design Workshop on Transforming Doctoral Education in Nigerian Universities, organised by the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research and the Carnegie Corporation. The workshop brought together officials of the National Universities Commission, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and university leaders to examine PhD supervision, funding, research quality and policy frameworks. The Project Principal Investigator of the PhD Models in Africa study, Prof. Ayo Ojebode, said Africa had only about 0.3 per cent of its population holding PhDs, creating a significant manpower gap.
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