The Minister of Science and Technology Dr Ogbonaya Onu, says the Ministry will continue to deploy suitable technologies for the promotion of Small and Medium Entreprises SMEs, so as to ensure economic diversification and sustainable economic growth.
Dr Onu who stated this in a speech at the African SME Exposition
in Abuja, said four agencies of the Ministry such as the National Board for
Technology Incubation NBTI, Federal Institute for Industrial Research Oshodi
FIRO, Raw Materials Research and Development Council RMRDC and Energy
Commission of Nigeria ECN, have established centres in different states to
provide support to SMEs across the country.
He noted that they have also trained and empowered a number of
entrepreneurs through their various technologies and innovative skills
programmes.
The Minister reiterated that the Ministry of Science and
Technology is committed to the Federal Government’s diversification drive
through its tool of Science, Technology and Innovation.
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