Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, , language: English, abstract: The paper examines the dilemma of doctoral degree completion in Nigeria. The paper describes the controversies surrounding the delay in the completion time of doctoral degree programs in Nigeria. It discussed federal and state policies, regular strikes, university management decisions, host departments and faculties decisions, admission policies, corruption, supervision, student attitude, and perception as factors bedeviling doctoral degree completion in Nigeria. The paper therefore recommends measures that tend to speed up the completion time of doctoral degree programs in Nigeria.