…Says ‘Innovation key to Nigeria’s improvement’
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial district, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru has declared that innovation is essential within the quest for Nigeria’s improvement, advocating for a radical transformation of analysis and innovation within the nation’s college system to maintain tempo with international technological change, stressing that innovation-driven training stays central to nationwide competitiveness.
Speaking as Special Guest of Honour at the maiden Research, Innovation and Development Fair of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH), Abiru stated that Nigeria should “re-imagine, re-engineer and reinvigorate” its analysis tradition if it hopes to stay related in a world formed by synthetic intelligence, biotechnology, renewable power, digital finance, and different rising applied sciences.
The theme of the occasion, ‘Rebuilding Nigeria’s Research and University System in a Fast-Changing Global Environment,’ he underscored the pressing want for universities to turn out to be engines of financial development by way of data enterprise and industry-aligned innovation.
Abiru, the co-founder of SAIL Empowerment Foundation, hailed LASUSTECH for convening a good that deepens collaboration between academia and {industry}, an method he stated mirrors profitable international fashions comparable to Silicon Valley, Germany’s analysis–{industry} synergy and South Korea’s college–authorities–{industry} partnerships.
Bringing the dialog dwelling, the Senator highlighted the SAIL Innovation Lab in Ikorodu, an initiative he based together with his spouse, Feyisola, underneath the SAIL Empowerment Foundation, saying SAIL demonstrates the transformative energy of equipping younger Nigerians with digital, tech and entrepreneurial expertise.
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“Many of our youths are now software engineers, product designers, data scientists and startup founders making their mark nationally and internationally,” Abiru stated, describing SAIL as proof that Nigerian youths excel when given the best platform.
He counseled LASUSTECH for constructing comparable buildings that increase pathways for college kids to show analysis into real-world options, from meals safety to urbanisation, power, well being, transportation and digital transformation.
Abiru, who chairs the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, reaffirmed his dedication to championing laws that strengthens analysis ecosystems, helps innovation-driven entrepreneurship, expands funding entry for startups, promotes digital transformation and enhances college analysis capability.
“Nigeria can innovate at scale. Nigeria can build research-driven industries,” he stated.
“But it requires academia, industry and government working collaboratively and intentionally.”
The Vice-Chancellor of the college, Olumuyiwa Odusanya, a professor, and chairman of the event, Francis Meshioye; the President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), different audio system, charged individuals to discover huge alternatives in innovation, referencing the groundbreaking SAIL Innovation Lab.
