NABDA is an organization aimed at promoting, coordinating, and setting research and development priority in biotechnology for Nigeria.
NICreL noted the ongoing economic quandary in Nigeria as a result of fall in oil prices calls for all stakeholders to put on their thinking cap for the country to move away from its over dependency and focus on other sectors, particularly agriculture which was the mainstream of the country's gross national earnings was booming before the advent crude oil.
Addressing newsmen on the activities of Nigeria's research institutions in Abuja on Saturday, Reverend Steven Onwu, Executive Secretary of the Centre, averred that NABDA within the last two years has continued to work assiduously hard under its mandate to put the nation at par with global realities through its various innovations, scientific breakthroughs in the field of genetics and intellectual acumen to move the country forward.
Onwu noted that Professor Ogbadu is demonstrating to Nigerians through her sterling leadership anchored on accountability, probity and transparency that our journey to the promised land is not a mirage if we put all hands on deck and the country first in all our dealings.
His words, “The organization is patriotically driving the “change agenda” by blazing the trail in this uncommon field and the agency deserves a better funding support to do more.
“No country in the world is as naturally endowed as Nigeria in terms of 21st century resources that are scattered across the various locations in the country and would require the needed intellectual drivers to achieve that amount of greatness which is commensurate with our resources.”
The NICreL executive, while calling on the Nigerian Government to support the Ogbadu-led NABDA, noted that the agency needed more encouragement to continue to promote biotechnology activities that positively respond to national aspirations on food security, job/wealth creation, affordable healthcare delivery and sustainable environment.
Dr Sunday Uhiene 2017-06-18 at 8:39 am
ReplyDeleteAfrica with the highest Return on Investment (ROI) remains the next global destination and Nigeria with 20% of all black people remains the headquarters of Africa. Prof Mrs Lucy Ogbadu, DG NABDA says that biotechnology is Africa’s entry point into the front line research towards achieving the shared targets for food sufficiency and nutrition security in the developing countries and the only hope for Europe to have sustainable supply of the much needed natural food and fibre. Nigeria did well in 2001 to establish NABDA with the laudable mandate of setting the research agenda in this cutting edge technology. What a great responsibility for the scientists in Nigeria to lead in bridging the gaps in the development of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Congratulations, Prof Mrs Lucy Ogbadu DG NABDA on your recent election as the Vice President of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). This is a prove and evidence that “the die is cast and the stage is set” for an onslaught in the expansion of the strategic agricultural commodities value chains, health care delivery systems, and the mitigation of climate change in Africa. Congratulations to Nigeria for the opportunity to serve in the top office of ICGEB with all the expectations. Nigerian scientists should rise up to the challenge of laying the solid foundation for this generation and the future generations. Let us maximize Africa’s natural resources and move into our prosperity. Yeah!
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