FG will make sure technology will be deployed to ensure Nigeria’s economy is diversified, according to Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu.
He disclosed this at the launch of the Solid Minerals Machinery and Equipment Development Institute (SOMMEDI) in Nasarawa on Saturday.
He said this sort of move will improve the country from a consumer nation to a producer nation.
His words, “the Solid Minerals Machinery and Equipment Development Institute is very important to the diversification programme of Federal Government.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to making sure that our economy is diversified. The reason for this is that we cannot continue to import into our country, the things that we can indeed produce by ourselves.
“This is why this institute is very important because it will also help us to design, produce, and manufacture machinery and equipment for processing of solid minerals and by so doing, jobs will be created for our people.”
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