Nigeria, April 10 -- The Athena Centre for Policy and Leadership has announced plans to track the compliance of Nigerian tertiary institutions with the recent directive issued by the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa.

In a statement signed by the centre's media adviser, Aliyu Jalal, and shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday, the centre said a dedicated countdown for the compliance-tracking initiative would go live in a few weeks.

"A dedicated countdown webpage will go live in the coming weeks, allowing Nigerians-including students, alumni, parents, researchers, and development partners-to see, in real-time, which institutions are embracing transparency and which are falling short," parts of the statement reads.

The centre said it is...