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Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, said the deployment of science, technology and innovation (STI), will help Nigeria overcome many of its major challenges especially insecurity.
Onu said this during a working visit by the Senior Executive Course 43 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic studies (NIPSS), to his office on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that the use of STI should also enhance intelligence gathering and facilitate the use of cutting-edge technology to eliminate security challenges in all regions of the country.
The Minister stressed the need for Nigeria and other developing countries to develop home-grown solutions to challenges facing them, such as production of vaccines to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has assured that approvals for research grants would be doubled in 2021.
TETFund Executive Secretary, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, said the approvals would be increased from over 128 made in 2020.
Bogoro said the approvals would be made public once the Board of Trustees gives its nod.
He disclosed this when a contingent of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPS, Kuru, Senior Executive Course 43, 2021, visited him in Abuja on Tuesday.
Bogoro said qualified institutions will draw a maximum of N50 million research grants from the N7.5 billion National Research Fund, NRF.
By Emmanuel Elebeke
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu said that the deployment of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), will help the nation overcome many challenges bedevilling her, especially security.
Dr. Onu said this during a working visit by the Senior Executive Course (43) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic studies (NIPSS), in his office on Tuesday.
According to Dr. Onu, the use of STI will enhance intelligence gathering and facilitate the use of cutting-edge technology to eliminate security challenges in all regions of the country.
The Minister stressed the need for Nigeria and other developing countries to develop home-grown solutions to challenges facing them, such as production of vaccines to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
Over 90 per cent of university lecturers now PhD holders ― TETFund boss Over 90 per cent of university lecturers now PhD holders ― TETFund boss
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The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, on Tuesday, revealed that more than 90 per cent of lecturers in Nigerian universities are now doctorate degree holders as a result of the focus on academic staff training and development by the Fund.
He noted that this was a tremendous improvement over nine years ago when it was recorded that only 40 per cent of university lecturers in the country had PhDs, and by 2015, over 60 per cent had acquired PhDs.
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