Oluwole Ige
National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), on Tuesday, perfected strategies to change the face of the transport sector in Nigeria with cutting-edge knowledge in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
This is contained in a press statement forwarded to the Nigerian Tribune by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NACETEM, Mr Isaac Oluyi.
According to the statement, the partnership between the two agencies was borne out of a working visit of the NACETEM delegation led by its Director-General, Dr John Akintayo Omimakinde to NITT, in Zaria, Kaduna State.
The statement read: “The DG of NACETEM and his management team, including the two institutions rolled out training and workshops in diverse areas of transport and STI management to achieve sustainable development in Nigeria’s transport sector.
“The heads of the two agencies unanimously agreed that the transport sector driven by STI would not only help achieve sustainable and inclusive development but also make life easier in all sectors of the economy.”
While Omimakinde contended that “No nation can achieve sustainable development without appropriate deployment of science, technology and innovation to all sectors of the economy, “the Director-General of NITT, Dr Bayero Salih Farah, submitted that “the transport sector is at the centre of any meaningful development in any nation, as it is critical to all sectors of the economy.”
Farah, who commended NACETEM for the priority accorded the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions, assured that NITT would do everything possible to make every component of the partnership work.
Among the programmes to be rolled out after the review of the technical committee and subsequent approval of the two institutions’ Governing Councils are: National Innovation System Management and Transport Sector, Technological Entrepreneurship in Transport Sector, Fourth Industrial Revolution: Emerging Technologies in the Transport Sector, Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in the Transport Sector, Strategic Digital Communication in Transport Sector, etc.
Besides training and workshops, the two institutions will also be engaging in joint research activities, particularly in the area of technology needs assessment in the transport sector.
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