ABUJA – (Federal Ministry of Science & Technology Report) – The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu (Dr) has said that the Ministry is intensifying research to find a cure for epilepsy, as well as improving its drug for effective management of sickle-cell anaemia.
Ogbonnaya Onu disclosed this at the Quarterly Senior Staff Meeting with the Director – Generals and Directors of the Ministry and its Agencies which held on Tuesday 26th of March 2019 in Abuja.
The Minister further mentioned that the Ministry is directing its research to help find solutions to prevailing issues in the country such as the development of solar-powered voting solutions by an agency under the Ministry. It added that the commercialisation of food supplements and drugs to help tackle other health challenges is in the offing.
“In no distant future, the cure for Epilepsy and other diseases we are researching on would be in the marketplace for commercial use. The Ministry is making strenuous efforts to make the nation become a knowledge – based economy as Nigeria should be at the fore-front in new frontiers of Science, Technology and Innovation,” he reiterated.
“It is very important that the Ministry directs its research efforts to meeting the earnest needs of our nation. The benefits of the quarterly meeting are enormous as problems of the agencies would be discussed and shared for possible solutions.”
Earlier in his remarks, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Bako Nabasu urged the Ministry and all its agencies to provide details on the current status of ongoing and completed projects. He tasked them to ensure that all requests made by the Ministry on their activities are treated with utmost attention.
