RMRDC PRESENTS PUBLICATIONS WORTH N28M TO INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
                                                                                 

As part of efforts aimed at building capacity for research within the nations tertiary institutions and research centers, the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) in a grand ceremony in Abuja recently, has presented research publications worth over N27.5 million Naira to 170 educational institutions across the country.  The beneficiaries include 60 Universities, 30 Polytechnics, 45 Research Institutes, 7 Schools of Agriculture and Forestry, 20 Industrial private sector Associations and international agencies.

Presenting the publications on behalf of the council, the Chairperson of the RMRDC Governing board, Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen , said the gesture was in response to the need by the Council to encourage the exploration, exploitation and development of the nation’s abundant raw materials deposits.

Mrs. Tallen said that the publications would provide the needed platform for the cross- fertilization of ideas between the council and the beneficiaries.

She noted that the country was still in the woods of poverty despite the preponderance of available agricultural and mineral resources due to the absence of accurate information on processes for the utilization of its hugely untapped resources.  She said that the untapped resources presented an immeasurable potential for achieving a sound and vibrant economy that could facilitate rapid development.

Mrs. Tallen therefore called on other research- based organizations to tow the part of RMRDC and avail Nigerians and the international community of their research findings to stimulate the country’s economic growth.

The former minister of state for Science and Technology expressed the hope that the institutions benefiting and other scientists would find the publications ready reference materials for their various operations.

In his address, at the occasion, the Director General of the Council, Eng. (Prof.) Peter A. Onwualu said the production of the publications fell in line with the mandates of the council of conducting surveys and promoting enterprises capable of boosting research and development in Nigeria.

The DG expressed the belief that development strategy based on information generation and dissemination were the required pivot in the nations quest for socio- economic development.

                                                                                                                                Chucks Ngaha