iRead Initiative Announces Academic Advisory Council, Names Professor Sola Akinrinade as a Council Chair iRead Initiative, a higher education policy think tank dedicated to producing rigorous, independent research and advancing evidence-based policy reforms in Nigeria, announces its Academic Advisory Council today. The eight scholars and practitioners on the Council will steer and guide iRead’s research toward its vision: a Nigerian higher education system in which every student who qualifies for university admission can access it, afford it, thrive within it, and graduate into meaningful economic opportunity. Prof. Sola Akinrinade, Professor of African Diplomatic History and International Relations at Obafemi Awolowo University and pioneer Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University, chairs the Council. Joining him are Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, former Vice-Chancellor of the @ibadanuni ; Prof. Isaac N. Obasi, Professor of Public Administration; Asst. Prof. @effodu , Lincoln Alexander School of Law of Toronto Metropolitan University & @UNESCO Expert on AI and the Rule of Law; @GraceChiAlex , technology policy and data specialist; @Deborahtoluwase development communication specialist and journalist; Jamila Idris, policy strategist; and Adeoluwa Folami of Morgan State University, USA. ireadtolive.org/academic-adv…