The proceedings of a nation-wide conference in Nigeria concerning adult education are presented. The following steps are proposed in the line of national and international cooperation; these steps can be taken without waiting for financial and administrative approval: (1) the registration of all kinds of adult education programs and activities carried out by public as well as private agencies; (2) involvement of all education personnel in the planning organization, and establishment of an Education Planning Unit; (3) the formation of adult education priority programs, with supporting services, mass education means and libraries, to be assisted in the context of Federal and States set of priorities and potentialities; and (4) the mobilization of private funds and forces on behalf of adult education. (Author/CK)