The House of Representatives has commenced moves to establish a National Research and Innovation Development Fund to address funding gaps, strengthen research capacity and promote the commercialisation of indigenous innovations.
The proposed legislation also seeks to establish a National Council on Research and Innovation to coordinate research activities, support scientific discoveries and facilitate the conversion of research findings into marketable products and services.
Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, stated this on Thursday at a public hearing organised by the House Committee on Science and Technology on the National Research and Innovation Development Fund and National Council on Research and Innovation Bill, 2026, at the National Assembly, Abuja.
Represented by the Deputy House Leader, Abubakar Halims, Abbas said Nigeria could no longer afford to depend excessively on imported technologies and solutions to challenges its citizens had the intellectual capacity to address.
He observed that despite the country’s pool of talented
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