Nigerian Academy of Letters

Nigerian Academy of Letters
AbbreviationNAL
Formation17 July 1974; 50 years ago (1974-07-17)
TypeAutonomous learned society
Legal statusA national academy
PurposePromotion of scholarship and research in Humanities
HeadquartersNAL Secretariat
Location
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.