The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Adamu Ahmed, has lamented Nigeria’s continued dependence on foreign technical expertise despite being Africa’s largest oil-producing nation.
Ahmed spoke at the opening of a Petroleum Technology Development Fund-sponsored training on computational catalysis for 35 researchers held at the university.
The training was organised by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in collaboration with ABU and themed, “Why It Matters: Opportunities for Research, Industry, and National Development in Nigeria.”
Represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Bello Sabo, the vice-chancellor said Nigeria’s quest for technological and economic sovereignty depends largely on its ability to develop indigenous expertise and research capacity.
He noted that while the country occupies a strategic position in Africa’s energy sector, it still relies heavily on foreign specialists for catalyst design, process modelling and computational optimisation.
Ahmed said, “Nigeria is the largest oil-producing nation on the continent. Yet, we remain dependent
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