Dr Ogbonnaya Onu
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, has announced a reward of N2, 250, 000, 000 to three top performing agencies out of 17 under the purview of the ministry.
He made this announcement at a consultative meeting with the Directors-General of the agencies in Abuja.
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Successful agencies, according to him, were the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO), Lagos, which took the first position with N1 billion; while in the second position was the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) with N750 million and the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) clinched the third position with N500 million.
This, the minister said, was to encourage them to achieve more and hence do their best in the promotion of the vision and mission of the ministry.
Dr Onu explained that a high powered competitiveness assessment committee was established and was co-chaired by credible nominees, from the Nigerian Academy of Science and the Nigerian Academy of Engineering.
The minister said other reputable members were drawn from the Nigerian Society of Engineers, Science Association of Nigeria, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Nigeria Economy Summit Group, the National Universities Commission, among other bodies.
He said the committee was charged with the task of assessing each of the 17 agencies’ adherence to its mandate, saying this was examined within the context of the quality and relevance of its research and innovation efforts to national development, the number of patents granted as well as the number of its commercialised research findings, among others.
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