Nigeria, Oct. 1 -- Nigeria's President, Bola Tinubu, said on Wednesday that access to education for Nigerians has improved significantly in the last 65 years.

In his broadcast message to Nigerians on the country's 65th independence anniversary, Mr Tinubu said Nigerians have better access to education and healthcare now than in 1960.

"At Independence, Nigeria had 120 secondary schools with a student population of about 130,000," he said.

The Nigerian leader noted that more than 23,000 secondary schools are currently in the country.

Mr Tinubu explained that Nigeria had only two tertiary institutions at independence - the University of Ibadan and Yaba College of Technology. Now, Nigeria boasts over 274 universities, 183 polytechnics and ...