Draft Executive Bill: TETfund Inaugurates Committee On National Research And Development Foundation

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says a new vista is emerging in Nigeria with the inauguration of the committee on National Research and Development Foundation’s (NRDF) draft Executive Bill.

Executive Secretary of TETFund, Professor Suleiman Bogoro, stated this during the fourth edition of the virtual Global Engagement Series: “The Paradigm Shift, with focused on the Institutionalization of R&D in Nigeria’s Engineering, Technology And Material Sciences Sector.”

According to Bogoro a new vista is emerging in our country that gives hope that we could do something right and we proceed to define the knowledge economy through the institutionalization of R&D.

The lead presenter at the event, Professor Mosto Onouha stressed the imperative of strengthening the curricula in technological entrepreneurship in universities and polytechnics across the country, and the linkages between academia and the industry through the establishment of intellectual property technological transfer offices.

The Chairman of the TETfund Research and Development Standing Committee, Professor Njidda Gadzama cited that countries like the United State are allocating financial sources for science and technology.