COVID-19 Vaccine: Research Is Not Given Priority In Nigeria – Prof Ujah
An expert in research and the Former Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research Professor Innocent Ujah has lamented over negligence of the research sector in Nigeria.
He also pointed out that the lack of coordination and synergy between the research institutes in the country is a clog in the wheel of devising a local solution to the virus. “But that authority by NIMR to coordinate research was removed in 1977. So, there is no coordination. Where is the coordinating mechanism?
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