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The study focused on the relevance of inclusive education in Nigeria: implication to guidance and counseling. The paper explained that education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits, relevance typically refers to learning experiences that are either directly applicable to the personal aspirations, interests, or cultural experiences of students that are connected in some way to real-world issues, problems, and inclusive education is about ensuring access to quality education for all students by effectively meeting their diverse needs in a way that is responsive, accepting, respectful and supportive. It went further to explain that relevance of inclusive education in Nigeria is when all handicapped children are entitled to a free and appropriate education in the least restrictive environment. The paper also explained implementation of inclusive education in Nigeria and benefits of inclusive education in Nigeria. The paper concludes that it is indeed relevant that students with disabilities and non-students with disabilities should learn in the same environment to eliminate the stigmatization of making both of them the same in the society. Recommendations were made among others that the society or the community should be enlightened on the need for inclusive education in our society and the teachers and other students with abilities should see those ones with disabilities as same in their learning environment.