4 November 2009
Lagos — Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Hon. Abiodun Akinlade, has said the country may not rank among the top developed nations in the world if adequate attention was not paid to science and technology.
Akinlade who made this remark during his working visit to the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, argued that appropriation for science and technology in the country was not encouraging.
"Last year, appropriation for science and technology, research and development capital was less than N10 billion, this year appropriation for the same purpose is less than N10 billion.
"I am aware that the appropriation for next year's budget is less than N10 billion. No country moves forward without giving adequate attention to science and technology," he said.
Akinlade also said the National Assembly would soon pass into law the 10 percent input of cassava for the production of bread and snacks and that the Bill was at the committee level and it had already passed the first and second readings.
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