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Nigeria signs MoU with Cuba to improve science, technology

The Nigeria’s delegation to the G77+China Summit led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Saturday, September 16, 2023, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Cuba on science and technology growth.

The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, in a statement on Saturday, said the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, signed the MoU for the Federal Government.

The signing ceremony held on the sidelines of the G77+China Summit at Hotel Palco La Habana was the high point of Nigeria’s participation at the summit.

Nnaji said the MoU would further enhance collaboration in the field of innovation, science and technology between the two countries.

The minister commended President Bola Tinubu for his visionary leadership which he said resulted in the signing of the agreement.

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Nnaji, who assured that Nigeria would maximise the opportunities provided by the bilateral agreement, emphasised that the implementation of the agreement would commence in earnest.

He expressed the government’s determination to put in place the appropriate mechanism to work out the modalities for programme of action.

The bilateral agreement would focus on research and development.

Other areas include human resource development which will further deepen partnership between the two countries.

The areas of cooperation covered by the bilateral agreement include biotechnology, scientific investigation and innovation, technological development and human resources development.

Others are specialist exchange in the area of science and technology, and technologies transfer for development areas.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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