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The Federal Government has launched an Interministerial Committee on Research and Innovation aimed at enhancing food and energy security, reducing Nigeria’s reliance on imports, and supporting the country’s innovation economy. Inaugurating the committee at the State House in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima emphasized the goal of cutting Nigeria’s import bill by 50% and building a trillion-dollar, innovation-driven economy within a decade.
The committee will focus on five key sectors: agriculture and climate resilience, manufacturing, healthcare innovation, natural resource optimization, and energy security. The VP stressed the importance of achieving practical outcomes rather than just collecting data, and noted that the committee’s work will feed into an annual Presidential Plenary on Innovation, which will be led by President Bola Tinubu.
Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Uche Nnaji, highlighted the importance of inter-agency collaboration to avoid duplication and save resources, while enhancing progress in research and innovation. Several other ministers and officials attended the inauguration, showing broad governmental support for the initiative.
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