On December 12, 2025, former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, called for the creation of a joint National Quantum and AI Education Fund by the NUC and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Okebukola made the proposal while delivering the convocation lecture at Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, Kwara State.
According to Voice of Nigeria, the proposed fund would provide competitive grants to universities demonstrating commitment to artificial intelligence and quantum research. Okebukola stated that Nigeria must urgently prepare a workforce capable of using next-generation computing technologies, noting that global technological shifts will reshape nearly one billion jobs within the next decade.
Okebukola also recommended that Nigerian universities establish a Quantum Futures Institute as an interdisciplinary hub. He urged the NUC to design a dedicated accreditation framework for emerging technology programs, arguing that such fields evolve too quickly for traditional evaluation methods. He noted that Nigeria invests approximately 0.2 percent of GDP in research, far below the African average of 0.5 percent.