The aim of this paper is to take a step backward to understand how government policies in university education have been positioned in the context of the Nigerian university. In order to achieve this aim, this paper has taken a different approach to the study of government policies in university education in Nigeria. First a standard literature review was conducted to identify and understand how Nigerian universities are constituted, considering their history from a critical realist point of view by observing practical government policies that are practised by university management. Secondly, the paper has used a qualitative approach, primarily interviews with 29 top university officials, to
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