President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the change of name of Ministry of Science and Technology to Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to bring about a shift in research and development that is industry and services’ demand-driven.

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said president Buhari had also charged the rebranded ministry with overseeing the Innovation Agenda of the federal government.

“This development will help us bring about a shift in Research and Development (R&) that is industry and services’ demand-driven, resulting in rapid commercialization and ultimately improved global competitiveness ranking of Nigeria,” Onu said.

The minister said the approval of the change ofd name would be gazetted to enable legal and policy frameworks as backup for institutional and organisational arrangements, effective coordination of the National Science and Innovation in the country.

He noted that there had been missing link with statutory responsibility of the ministry and the change of name would address it.

He said: ” When we succeed in achieving this, it will lead us to R & breakthroughs and inventions that are commercialisable. With the right policy and legal framework to protect intellectual property right, we can effectively promote commercialization in all activity sectors in the value chain for supply of raw materials, goods and services.”

He said this will result to irreversible indigenous industrialization, adequate platform for higher productivity, improvement in value added components of the economy and job creation.

Consequently, he said, Nigeria will achieve significant level of poverty alleviation.

He added that this would also be a major push to realise the objective of Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of lifting 100million Nigerians out of poverty within 10 years.

Daily Trust

lalasticlala mynd44

Okay...


Who knows, what couldn't be achieved under the old name could miraculously be happening with this new change in name.

And when Innovation doesn't prove effective, Research will be added to the long name. And when research proves ineffective, Advancement will be affixed.

Until they all understand that an abokki remains an abokki, even if he wears a tie.

Another rubbish! Change in name does not translate to productivity

Change in name is meaningless as long as dumbass imbeciles are at the helms of affair under this govt. Even all the change concepts of the Buhari regime have all been an upgrade from one worst state to the next level version of that bad governance.

Bad move; name change will mean nothing without a systematic drive for rapid and expedited industrialization. Keep pushing Buhari; a car without battery will start first before Buhari can make one positive change.

That's achievement ogbonnaya since five years.

Sebu000:
Good one

How
That ministry is heavily underfunded

They will still change it 5 times before the end of this year.

This I have seen

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Useless
You change name, did u change the ideas?? And how about the suck fisk Aboki that cant think with their brains They flood our ministries like dead rats and cashing out back to back. How will Nigeria ever improve...when all the people are only there to make money and not to innovate.

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I want to find out if it will bring a change in the way things are done.

Same wine, new bottle.

What does cowherder know about science and innovation, mumu govt

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Even with name change the ministry will have not tangible contribution to nations building nah to to chop money

Confused f00ls

Innovation of what exactly?

What has this ogbonnaya onu man achieved all his years as a minister?

They should change it to ministry of space exploration.

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newbornmacho:
What has this ogbonnaya onu man achieved all his years as a minister?

How much in research funds has been made available to him

SeriouslySense:
They should change it to ministry of space exploration.

Hey!

U change name but d system remains d same. Iz not me u r fooling o oniranu gbogbo
Ministry wey suppose go dy recruit from computer village..na so so boys n girls with political godfathers full there..lots of tech boys n girls put there doing big things...they should be d ones running that ministry

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lalasticlala mynd44

will the change of name make a rubber of garris 500. Rubbishhhhhh. Abeg make I go shit

That ministry is redundant like many other ministries especially under this incompetent adminstration