The chairman, Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Senator Uche
Ekwunife has urged Federal government to invest in Science and
Technology to move the country out of poverty, encourage young
entrepreneurs and create more job opportunities.
Senator Ekwunife made the call when she led members of the committee
on an oversight function to National Agency for Science and
Engineering Infrastructure in the state.
The agency will excel in infrastructure development and poverty
reduction if given the necessary attention.
Senator Ekwunife while applauding the efforts put in place by the
institute in spite of numerous challenges expressed displeasure over
numerous graduates at various centers without start up fund and asked
the government to invest more.
Also speaking, the Zonal Director, National Board for Technology
Incubation, Dr. Uche Chukwu expressed gratitude to the
Committee in ensuring that the centers thrive and applauded the
instrumentality of the state government in actualizing the center’s
mandate even as she pleaded that the Federal Government should look
into some of their pressing needs for optimal performance.
Receiving the Committee at the various institutes, the Managing
Directors of Electronic Development Institute Enugwu-Agidi, Dr.
Patrick Okwu and his National Engineering Design Development
Institute, NEDDI, Nnewi, Dr. Arinze Nwosu while reading out the core
Institute’s mandate, highlighted some breakthrough but regretted that
the monthly overhead cost allocated to the institutes hampers the
achievement of their full potentials.
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