Ban import of goods Nigeria can produce, Mamora urges FG
Admitting that the ministry’s pace may be slow, he said, “We need to do more in terms of having that handshake between the research institutions and the market through investors and those who are interested – people that move around with their capital and would want to invest.“We have so many outputs that are still gathering dust on shelves in various agencies.
Mamora stressed that “We are also looking at how we can compel, as it were, a little bit of legislation that once these things are available particularly if they are protected because we also need to protect the intellectual property, we can’t just push them to the markets. “So, the challenge is about getting investors that will take these inventions out there and these things can then be useful to our people.
“Again, we also have a duty in terms of our own nationalism. One of the challenges again is that we have developed a taste that is not local. Rather, taste that is alien. We have this tendency to want to get something from abroad. “Again, I think the government will need to really come hard in terms of a total banning, as it were, of things that we have the capacity to do locally. That is why nationalism comes in.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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