Director-General, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr. Dan Azumi Ibrahim (right); presenting a gift to Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria, Carl Michael Grans during a visit to NOTAP in Abuja.Director-General of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), Dr. DanAzumi Ibrahim, has said 90 per cent of technologies powering the Nigerian economy are imported.
Ibrahim disclosed this, yesterday, at the disbursement of NOTAP-Industry Technology Transfer Fellowship (NITTF) letters and presentation of patent certificates to inventors in Abuja.
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About 41 beneficiaries were given certificates for their innovation, including the Nigerian Air Force, which received a patent for developing a locally made JC-6 rocket currently used by the military in the fight against insurgency in the North East.