The Federal Government has pledged to work with the Nile University of Nigeria in the research and production of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu made the pledge while receiving the Vice-Chancellor of Nile University of Nigeria Prof. Osman Nuri Aras in his office on Monday in Abuja.
Onu commended Nile University for working in collaboration with other research institutions in the country, urging the citadel of learning to work inexorably and come up as soon as possible with the COVID-19 vaccine.
The minister stated that the Ministry 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.
He added that the ministry was working to bring all research institutes, Universities, both public and private to a round table which would help to build an economy that is dependent on knowledge.
According to him, “We have the human resources to do it, and this is where the University system is of critical importance in developing human capital needed to transform the nation’s abundant human resources into products and services.”
He also stated that three agencies of the ministry led by the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) are carrying out intense research geared towards the production of COVID-19 Vaccine in Nigeria.
Speaking earlier, the Vice-Chancellor of Nile University of Nigeria, Prof. Osman Muri Aras said, he was in the Ministry to seek partnership in the production of COVID-19 vaccine and other related diseases that can help to alleviate the lingering problems of human health.
