Dr. Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, stated that although some international students are prohibited from bringing dependents, those enrolled in PhD programs are still allowed to bring dependents into the country.
Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, has disclosed that the number of dependents accompanying students from Nigeria studying in the United Kingdom (UK) surged from approximately 1,500 to 52,000 between 2019 and 2022.
Unpublished figures suggest that up to 69% of students who bring dependants to the UK were women.
