He then called on President Muhammadu Buhari to formulate well defined national priorities to enable researchers to develop solutions to her problems. While noting that research was the cornerstone of developed societies, the university don lamented that Nigeria committed only 0.22 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product on research. The don who noted that Nigerian researchers were conducting researches which were not entirely aligned to national priorities also stated that only innovative researches could bring sustainable development. We need to conduct research driven by national priorities. Nigeria must formulate national research policy which will incorporate national priorities.

Source: Punch June 25, 2019 04:07 UTC