Nigerian academic forced to quit PhD studies over 'hypocritical' visa requirements

Ola Abagun secured funding in 2021 through a highly competitive process to create a social media literacy programme for teenage girls, but will now

An academic has been forced to withdraw from her fully-funded PhD studies here after she was asked to show €107,000 in funds to secure family visas or face leaving her young daughter for four years.

Ola Abagun deregistered from her studies at the South East Technological University (SETU) this week following an "endless" appeals process in a bid to secure an Irish visa for her husband and young daughter in Nigeria.