The phenomenal expansion of university education in Nigeria in the 1960s and 1970s accentuated this dependence on external sources. The Americans were quick to take advantage of the situation, for philanthropic reasons, and to advance U.S. national interests and spread U.S. cultural influence. It was against the background of these disturbing social and political trends in the country that the founding of the Nigerian Political Science Association (NPSA) must be located Read more...

• Our Mission

  Our mission is to promote teaching and research in political science and the humanities, to collaborate with scholars involved in teaching and research in the social sciences and to disseminate research information through the Association’s publications and through collaborate with international associations of Political Science such as African Association of Political Science (AAPS), the International Political Science Association (IPSA), American Political Science Association (APSA), etc.

• Our Vision

  We seek to educate and mobilize Nigerians through seminars and lectures, and advance the struggle for a democratic, just and prosperous Nigeria, Africa and the World.