The Minister of State for Science, Technology, and Innovation, Alhaji Mohammed Abdullahi, has called on Nigerian researchers and innovators to focus on national challenges including that of power generation.
The minister made the call in a lecture he delivered at the Igbinedon University, Okada in Edo, according to a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by his Public Relations Officer, Maryam Zakari.
He said that the ministry had made efforts to establish strong interactions between industry and researchers through programmes such as the Annual Science, Technology, and Innovation Expo.
Abdullahi said there was a need for Nigeria’s education system to deploy more knowledge for the nation’s socio-economic growth.
“Industries are equally invited to create opportunities for research and development in knowledge institutes, with the purpose of reducing importation of foreign technologies and support more technology transfers,” he said.
According to him, the Government-Academia-Industry model is the most reliable way to achieve rapid commercialization of research findings.
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Abdullahi said that the model would drive national development.
He added that economic diversification would be achieved by focusing on scientific research and innovations.
Earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, said that the university was championing the education revolution in the country through innovation and entrepreneurship research.
