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Nigeria: Battling the odds: Science communication in an African state

Science and technology institutions, practices and policies abound in Nigeria but the phrase ‘science communication’ is not an entrenched one. At best, science communication practices can be described as fragmentary and incidental. A major issue is policy preferences, which do not elevate science communication to the same level as in Western societies. Closely related to this is education infrastructure and curriculum, which incorporates science communication as a subset of other disciplines.