The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, on Thursday in Abuja, said a Nigerian astronaut would land in space on or before 2030.

Onu made the assertion when the management team of the Defence Space Agency, led by the Director-General, Air Vice Marshal Victor Udoh, visited him.

The minister said the Federal Government was putting all the structures on ground to ensure that Nigerian astronauts landed in space on or before 2030.

“The space programme is very important for a country like Nigeria.

“The ministry will work very hard in the years ahead to strengthen all the structures of the agencies that will help us to ensure that the nation plays a role in the space’’, he said.

He said the ministry would intensify efforts to ensure that all the arrangements needed were provided.

According to him, the space “is a major asset which nations like Nigeria must also be involved in for the purposes of protecting national interest.”

Onu assured the team that the ministry would support and work with the agency in the best interest of the nation.

Earlier, the Director-General said the agency would like to collaborate with the ministry in order to be more efficient and effective.

He said working with the ministry would fast-track accomplishments of the agency’s stated objectives. (NAN)

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Launch gini?

FWJOBSNG:
According to him, the space “is a major asset which nations like Nigeria must also be involved in for the purposes of protecting national interest.”

Our national interest has not been protected from Abuja that is just here. You want to protect it from space. My brother...but how? Where is that Chinese designed NigComSat-01 that was supposed to operate for 15 years but ended up orbiting for just 18 months after it ran out of power due to an anomaly in its solar array? How will PHCN be controlling spaceship? Lol. Lemme hear word abeg. Astronaut ko Astrologer ni. Biko Ogbonnaya...shi eba puo.

@ minister Onu: Another mad man on the loose

Pls how do u politely ask an old man to shut up?.... Put satelite up there successfully n remove all dis dirty masts heren there u no fit... Na 2 launch humans...
P square ft Dr Onu- Danger

We have energy centres that has no facility at Nsukka, sokoto n d rest ... Make them work and we'll have power 24/7...

Who wan bet say by 2030(14yrs) we neva get constant power supply

2030!!! Naija eehhh...na wa o....naija is a big joke

Dynamic ministers.
Love this guy. He is already envisioning a great Nigeria by 2030.

Can we just focus on having constant electricity?


Who astronaut help?

... so onu has joined these future predictors..

we have achieved almost nothing on earth as a country, we are talking of space in 2030.

To go and do what there

With hausa people everywhere, it should be around 2997

GenBuhari:
Dynamic ministers.
Love this guy. He is already envisioning a great Nigeria by 2030.

Real zombies will run away from you because they will see u as a zombie coming to attack them.
Ur own na X3 zombie

Hmmm

Mr. Man abeg leave space and launching of a nigerian on it alone. Pls dont embaras us ooo.

All we want is 24 hrs electricity supply to our homes.

When by 2020 we still wouldn't have constant electricity and might still remain managing our ever-stagnant 5GW then na space program we wan achieve ten years later? Not possible, not even in dreams.