Distance learning now national necessity not alternative – Osinbajo

August 25, 2026

Former Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria must embrace Open and Distance Learning (ODL) to meet the growing demand for university education.

Osinbajo spoke on Tuesday at the University of Lagos’s Distance Learning Institute’s (DLI) Fifth International Colloquium in Lagos.

The colloquium had the theme: “Reimagining Open Distance Learning Ecosystem: Technology, Policy and Institutional Priorities”.

Osinbajo said that more than 2.2 million young Nigerians sought university admission annually, while the country’s tertiary education system historically admitted only about 25 per cent.