The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Mr Ogbonnaya Onu, has commended the Department of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT) University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) for their effort towards innovations and human capital development in the institution.
Onu gave the commendation, Frid ay at the UN during the occasion of the 1st Ever Celebration of Technovation, organized by the SLT Department to showcase items produced by the department, with the theme “Technovation and Human Capital Development: The Panacea to National Building.”
The minister said he was impressed that SLT department, which was established in 2015 was able to produced car battery, paints, cabinets, perfumes, disinfectants, detergents among others.
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According to him, “parts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision has been to have Nigerian graduates that will be job creators instead of job seekers on graduation, I am happy that the department has keyed in into that.
He said that for Nigeria to achieve her target of becoming one of the world’s best economies, reducing unemployment and curbing crime rates, it must produce most of the products it consumes internally.
He commended the department for their giant strides and urged other departments to learn so as to make the University a cynosure of all eyes.
“I commend UNN, HOD, staff and students of the department for this giant strides, you all have demonstrated that human capital development remains the panacea to the development of any nation,” he said.
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