FG to harness STI to build sustainable economy – Minister Mr Abdu Bulama, the Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday in Abuja said the Federal Government would harness Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) to build a sustainable and competitive economy. Bulama said this in a keynote address during at a seminar organised by UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology (FMST). The theme of the seminar is ``Science, Technology and Innovation and the African Transformation Agenda: Making New Technologies Work for Africa’s Transformation”. The minister said that employing STI would guarantee a high standard of living and quality of life for Nigerian citizens. He said that the nation would focus on eradicating hunger by achieving food security, preventing and controlling disease by ensuring welfare, wealth creation, protection of space and developing physical and intellectual communication. The minister urged the forum to ensure that the deliberations crystallised into implementable action geared toward using STI capacity to surmount African challenges and also chart the path for accelerated and sustainable development. ``It has been reported that people all over the world have high hope that new technologies will lead to healthier lives, greater social freedoms, increased knowledge and more productive livelihoods,” he said. He observed that the combination of technological revolutions and the globalisation had integrated markets and linked people across all kinds of traditional boundaries.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 13:45:18 +0000
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