A few staff members have PCs, either owned privately or in a few cases obtained through external grants. Most people, however, have to buy time on PCs if they want to do any computing. Tight security is needed for any equipment, which further restricts its availability. Ironically, the rapid expansion of electronic publishing, which has improved access for researchers in developed countries, have worsened the situation for astronomers in other parts of the world. They now have no hope of keeping up with the latest research and no hope for the foreseeable future of enjoying the facilities that are taken for granted elsewhere.
Nigerian universities continue to depend on printed material.
This places a great responsibility on the lecturers as the only source of information. They need to attend international conferences and summer schools to stay current, but this, too, depends on international sponsorship. The Nigerian government supported the 1993 space workshop, but probably only because the United Nations was involved. And the Nigerian government is not the only one to wonder why Nigerians are doing astronomy. At times, I have been told that African scientists are not making enough effort to convince their governments of the importance of science education and research.