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Buhari admits COVID-19 exposed Nigeria’s technology deficit
Olalekan Adetayo, Adeyinka Adedipe and Tony Okafor
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the technology and innovation gap between Nigeria and the developed world.
He however said the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure was strategically positioned to fill the gap.
According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled “President Buhari directs NASENI to bridge gaps in COVID-19 research, technology,” Buhari spoke at a meeting with the Board of NASENI at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The President said, “The countries that are at the forefront of economic recovery have only one thing in common: investment and sustained research and development work in knowledge economy.
BENIN CITY – The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says it is on a five-day official visit to Edo to supervise the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prof. Ehimario Igumbor, Lead, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Profile, stated while addressing journalists on Monday in Benin.
According to him, “We are here in Edo to undertake a supportive supervision about the state’s response to COVID-19 in general, but specifically, around how we are improving on our testing rate across the state.
“We have had the opportunity to meet with Gov. Godwin Obaseki and other key stakeholders in the health sector.