Working with NLTF will enhance national development —NIPSS boss

Director-General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies ( NIPSS), Kuru,   Jos, Plateau State, Professor  Ayo Omotayo,  has said that working in collaboration with the National Lottery Trust Fund ( NLTF) will enhance national  development.

He  said the  NIPSS would close ties with the NLTF, particularly  in the areas of education and intellectual development.

Omotayo said this  when he led a delegation from the Institute on a  visit to the Executive Secretary of NLTF, Dr Bello Maigari, in Abuja.

A statement made available to newsmen in Yola on  Sunday by the Public Relations Officer  (PRO)  of NLTF, Mr Auwal Mohammed Adam, quoted Professor Omotayo as saying, “I am here today with my management team to strengthen and seek for strong partnership with the  NLTF in areas of needs that will  assist us to build a better society.

“We find NLTF an excellent organisation that we will partner with in areas of education and  promoting national intellectuals, to move  the country forward.

He noted that Nigeria has a lot of intellectual people who are currently idle, and expressed hope that the partnership would help to bring those  critical  intellectuals to the  NIPSS for the betterment of Nigeria.

“Moving Nigeria to  greater heights is not a task for an individual, but it is a job that needs collective  efforts,’’he added.

Responding, Maigari said that about 30 universities and other institutions of higher learning across Nigeria had sent in requests for educational intervention from the  NLTF.

Maigari noted that such requests stemmed from the fact that many of the institutions were lacking social amenities and conducive learning environment.

“So far, we have received  almost  30 requests from universities and other higher institutions of learning across the country requesting for educational intervention .

“And most of these institutions lack social  amenities, and so, some of them had requested for upgrading of their laboratories and other projects which are key to acquiring skills and expertise.

“I assure you, certainly, of a collaborating effort that would concretise learning and research in the NIPSS.”

Maigari further assured NIPSS of the Fund’s support to help the institute achieve its mandate of impacting knowledge, developing intellectuals’ capacity for the promotion of a peaceful environment and coexistence among Nigerians.

NLTF also pledged its cooperation to  the efforts aimed at ensuring sustainable development that would bring solution to Nigeria’s many challenges.

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