Technology EXPO 2020 to begin 16th March

The Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has disclosed that the Technology Expo would take place between the 16th to 20th of March 2020.

According to him that the event began since 2016 and hoping it gets better than the previous ones adding that Nigeria is blessed with so much natural resources to showcase and compete with the world.

He stated this during inspection of the Expo facility on Thursday in Abuja.

“Nigeria is blessed with sunshine all year round and seasons which in turn we take for granted. Many countries lack these privileges but we as a nation and people are privileged to plant anywhere and anytime. We have surplus of water everywhere in the country, we also have the major minerals like the solid, liquid and gaseous minerals respectively. However, we haven’tuses our intelligence despite being blessed with important and abundance natural resources to convey them into products we need for our every day Life because we didn’t effectively accept Science, Technology and Innovations (STI),” Onu stressed.

According to the Minister, that as a people of Nigeria, everyone should support and encourage the President’s key agenda which is innovation.

He further said that, “foe so long we have depended on commodities which we do not have control over. Adding that “FMST is leading the way that our society will not continue to depend on  this commodities.

“One of the major purpose of the Expo is to realise the objectives set for ourselves to provide opportunities to bring together our inventors, innovators and investors in one place to show-case all their capabilities, to create enough wealth for our people. There isn’t anything we cannot do if we put our minds to it, we will achieve it and we cannot leave our problems to be solved by strangers,” he added.

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