FMST to collaborate Nile University on Covid-19 vaccine
By Charles Okonji
As part of efforts geared towards checking the spread of Covid-19 Pandemic, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has assured Nile University of government’s drive to partnering with them and other research institutes in the production of COVID-19 vaccine.
Onu disclosed this while playing host in to the Vice Chancellor of Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Osman Nuri Aras in his office in Abuja.
Onu commended Nile University for working in collaboration with other Research Institutions in the Country to come up as soon as possible with COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria.
He emphasized that FMST is interested in moving the economy away from depending entirely on commodities to knowledge based and this he said, is the main thrust of President Muhammed Buhari’s administration.
He stated that FMST is working assiduously to bring all research institutions, universities, both public and private to round table interaction which will help in building an economy that is dependent on knowledge.
According to him, “We have the human capital to do it, and this is where the university system is of critically importance in developing human capital needed to transform the abundant human resources into products and services.”
He noted that three agencies of the ministry led by National Bio-technology development Agency (NABDA) are involved in serious research geared towards the production of COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria.
Earlier, the Vice Chancellor of Nile University of Nigeria, Prof. Osman Muri Aras said, he was in the Ministry to partner with FMST in the production of COVID-19 Vaccine and other related diseases that can help to alleviate the lingering problems of human health.
