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Nduka Okafor
Emeritus Professor Nduka Okafor went to Government College, Ibadan. He did his first degree (of the University of London) at the then University College, Ibadan, and obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge, England. He has taught and/or researched into aspects of industrial microbiology in the UK, Austria, Australia, the Netherlands, Nigeria and the USA His book on The Development of Universities in Nigeria (London, Longman, 1971) was among the few books written on Nigerian universities and was widely used in Faculties of Education. He has also written several papers on universities in Nigeria. The current book is a companion of the first (1971) and taken together they give a picture of the earliest beginnings of the university in Nigeria to the present day (2011). On account of this, The Development of Universities in Nigeria (1971) is being reprinted.