Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Halilu, has promised to ensure President Bola Tinubu achieves his administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda through Science, Technology and Innovation (STI).
Halilu spoke while addressing the agency after assuming office on September 1 at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.
The new chief executive, a tech expert and entrepreneur, replaced Dr. Bashir Gwandu.
Halilu said he would leverage technology transfer and home-grown technology to realise the vision and mission of the agency.
“The focus is for innovation, science and technology resource to serve Nigerians and to add value to the economy,” he said.
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Halili said NASENI would support Tinubu’s agenda anchored on food security, ending poverty, economic growth and job creation, creating access to capital through consumer credit, inclusivity, improving security, rule of law and fighting corruption.
The agency boss said there are immense opportunities for Nigeria to leapfrog in science, technology, engineering and innovation, promising that NASENI during his tenure would play central roles through technology transfer in the days ahead.
He said: “Our duty here at NASENI will be to use our resources, our talents, our capacity, and our energy to drive the economic development priority areas of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration in line with the Act establishing this agency.
“As a preeminent agency saddled with enormous responsibilities, NASENI, with its development institutes and over 4,000 members of staff, is appropriately positioned to deliver on its mandate,” he said.