Northern youth groups under Arewa Youth Assembly (AYA) have appealed to the House of Representatives to quickly pass the Bill seeking...
Northern youth groups under Arewa Youth Assembly have appealed to the House of Representatives to quickly pass the Bill seeking to establish National Innovation Agency into law, to allow development of Nigeria outside the oil sector.
In a statement by its Speaker, Mohammed Salihu Danlami, AYA giving an inkling of what can be achieved through the Agency, pointed out that, China, Japan and India which are global economic giants do not have a drop of oil, but India rakes in a whopping 140 billion US Dollars annually from ICT-based solutions and services.
“The National Innovation Agency being proposed will play a leading role in the development of Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem by coordinating, networking, fostering, and partnering different organizations from various fields such as academia, technology, industry, finance and investment.
“It shall exist to promote the development of efficient and innovative Nigerian systems within thematic areas such as technology, ICT, nanomedicine, nanotechnology, agriculture, agribusiness, biotechnology, health, education etc.
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