President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDA) of the government to ensure that the outcomes of research in science and technology are used to enrich policies that impact the real sector. The President gave the directive yesterday while receiving in audience the President of the Nigerian Academy of Science and the fellows of the Academy at the State House in Abuja. In a statement yesterday, by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu emphasized that his administration is advancing an all-encompassing approach to leveraging the capacity of Nigerians to innovate and create solutions from all spheres of human initiative across the public and private sectors, including farming, manufacturing, information technology, and the academia. During his investiture as the Grand Patron of Science by the
Academy, the President said the pace of change around the world, reflected in some national and global challenges, requires more reliance on research for solutions and actionable data, especially in health and education. “The Minister of Education, the Coordinating Minister of Health, and Social Welfare, and the Minister of Budget and Economic Planning are here. All the relevant ministries should sit up and ensure that science research guides process development in relevant areas of advantage. We must not fail to utilize research outcomes in the process of enriching our policies,” President Tinubu said. The President acknowledged the historic feat of Professor Ekanem Braide in emerging as the first female President of the Nigerian Academy of Science since its establishment in 1977.
