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Nigerian Academy of Letters
AbbreviationNAL
Formation17 July 1974; 49 years ago (1974-07-17)
TypeAutonomous learned society
Legal statusA national academy
PurposePromotion of scholarship and research in Humanities
HeadquartersNAL Secretariat
Location
  • Abuja, Nigeria
Region served
Worldwide
Membership
84 Fellows
Official language
English
President
Professor Duro Oni
WebsiteOfficial website

The Nigerian Academy of Letters is a national academy and apex body of arts and literature in Nigeria. It is an autonomous, scholarly and non-political state institution for advancing scholarship and public interest in the humanities at the highest level in Nigeria. The incumbent president of the academy is Professor Duro Oni.[1]

Established in 1974 after recommendation of "Udoji Report of 1974" it is currently governed by executive committee of distinguished professors and promote a limited number of four types of fellows: Foundation Fellows, Regular Fellows, Overseas Fellows and Honorary Fellows on a yearly basis.

There are currently 84 Fellows in the academy; 7 foundation fellows, 51 regular fellows, 12 overseas fellows and 14 honorary fellows.[2]

  1. ^ "Professor Duro Oni is New President of Nigerian Academy of Letters". University of Lagos. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Our Fellows". Nigerian Academy of Letters. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

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