President Mohammadu Buhari has been praised for the initiatives and policies of the Federal Government to make the country greater via research and development.
Secretary-General of Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions in Nigeria (ASURI), Theophilus Ndubuaku offered this praise today in Abuja at the ceremony of conferment of exemplary award on him by the institute.
He revealed that PMB was the first and only Nigerian president to unveil the National Research and Innovation Council three years ago, 50 years after it was ignored by former governments.
His words, “Nigeria is the richest nation by creation and the poorest nation in the committee of nations due to the neglect of research.
“Nations of the world today are where they are because they made research and development their priority.
“During independence, Nigeria’s currency was rated one of the highest in the world, but we failed to inaugurate and fund our policy on science and technology.’’
“Since the president came to power, allocations given to research have more than quadrupled, that I can say authoritatively. At our research institute, money coming in has quadrupled.”
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