Science and Technology has been recognised as the key to the development of any nation and Nigeria has an enormous human and material resources which needs to move from a resource based to a knowledge based, innovation driven economy.
NIGERIA-UNESCO are collaborating in the first phase of a project which brought about the Science, Technology and Innovation policy in 2012 and with this collaboration for the second phase, the proposal is set to develop a wide endorsement and promote science research.
Minister for Science and Technology emphasize the need for diversification of Nigeria’s economy and commercialization of research findings from Science and Technology laboratories.