Development of any society hinges largely on its ability to produce which is perhaps why the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology brought together Inventors and Innovators to what it termed Science and Technology Expo 2020 to showcase their talents.
ABS Abuja Bureau crew were at the opening ceremony and reports that it was a gathering of who is who in Science and Technology Sector as Inventors and Innovators from all over the country came to exhibit their ingenuity in locally made crafts like tractors and farm implements among others.
The event was also an avenue to recognize winners of the seven hundred and seventy four Young Nigerian Presidential Award of which Nelson Uwakwe of Anambra State came second.
In his speech, President Muhammadu Buhari said the Federal Government will continue to release funds to promote research and human development, adding that winners of the Presidential award will be given full scholarship to any Nigerian University of their choice to Doctorate Degree level.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Chief Ogbonnaya Ọnụ on his part described Science and Technology as the center of all economic activities in any nation.
He regretted that the convid-19 global pandemic has caused major countries to shut down urging Nigerians to see it as a wakeup call to intensify efforts in producing locally, many of those things imported from outside the country.
Speaking to the ABS, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Senator Uche Ekwunife called for diversification of the economy and stated that the Committee would partner the Ministry to push made in Nigeria products to the world.
An elated Nelson Uwakwe from Anambra, who emerged second in the seven hundred and seventy-four young Nigerians presidential award, while thanking his school, family and friends for their support, saw it as a privilege and God’s favour to have emerged.
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