By Emmanuel Elebeke
ABUJA—The Federal Government says it is proposing a new National Research and Innovation Fund Bill that would provide financial support for innovation and research.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, who disclosed this said the idea was conceived to ensure that Nigeria becomes a knowledge- based economy by 2030 in line with the provisions of the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017 -2020, ERGP, of the federal government.
Onu, who disclosed at the North-West sensitization programme on National Science , Technology and Innovation Road Map, NSTIR, and the Executive Order 5 held in Kaduna over the weekend, said the ministry is working tirelessly to realise the objective.
According to the Minister, the National Science Technology and Innovation Road Map was crafted with a view to take Nigeria to the promised…
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