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PAULINE
TALLEN, TOURS RMRDC PROJECTS IN SOUTH- EAST, IDENTIFIES NEW AREAS OF
COOPERATION
The Chairman
of the Governing Board of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Chief (Mrs.) Paulin Tallen led the Board on a
facts- finding tour of Council’s projects and offices in the South
Eastern part of the country recently.
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RMRDC
CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
STATES
The
Raw materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has tasked
state governments on the need to establish a Ministry of Science and
Technology in their respective states to take full advantage of
Science and Technology as a catalyst for socio- economic development
in the nation. More |
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ENGR.
ONWUALU CALLS FOR MORE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES IN THE WOOD SECTOR
The
Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof.) A. Peter Onwualu, has advocated for
the establishment of more wood- based cottage industries in Nigeria
as a means of diversifying the country’s revenue generation base and
as a means of sustaining industrial the nation’s natural resources
endowment. More |
ENGR. JAMES AGBONFORO
OITOMEN: RESEARCHING FOR THE NATION
For a man who began
inventing at a tender age of ten when most of his age mates were
still toiling through their alphabets and basic arithmetic,
More
RMRDC SETS FRESH AGENDA FOR
COMPLETION OF KAGARA AND KWAKUTI PROJECTS
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has set a
time frame for the completion of two of its stalled projects in
Niger state.
More |
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RMRDC
INAUGURATES COMMITTEE ON EVALUATION OF CHEMICALS AND AGRO SECTORS IN
NIGERIA
The Chairman of the
Governing Board of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC) Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen, in Abuja recently
inaugurated 15 Technical Committees to evaluate the activities of
the chemical and agro industries in Nigeria.
More |
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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. More |
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RMRDC, OWAARDEV, COLLABORATE ON
CASSAVA AND SOYABEAN UTILIZATION TRAINING FOR RURAL WOMEN IN EBONYI
STATE
As
part of efforts to develop women skillfully especially in the area
of agricultural food processing and preservation, as well as
building their capacity for economic sustainability through
entrepreneurial engagements,
More
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RMRDC
GETS BOOST FROM GOV. ALIERO FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DISPLAY CENTER IN
KEBBI STATE
The
current efforts by the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC) in promoting the development of raw
materials in the states, was given a boost, recently, when
Gov. Adamu Aleiro of kebbi state granted a cash grant,
of N1.5 million, to the Council as counterpart funding for the
establishment of a raw materials display center in the state.
More |
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RMRDC
PROJECTS IN NORTH- WEST GET BOARD’S ATTENTION
The
chairperson of the Governing board of the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC), Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen, has re-
affirmed the council’s commitment to re- view and re- focus it’s
projects nation- wide in order to positively impact on the overall
economic development of Nigeria.
More
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RMRDC GETS MTF REPORTS ON KEY
INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
The sustained effort by the present administration of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo to shore up the nation’s ailing industrial sector and build
capacity for local manufacturing using locally sourced raw materials
received a boost with the completion.....More
RMRDC RECEIVES MODELS FOR CASSAVA
PROCESSING PLANT
As part of efforts to build a
technological capacity base within the country in equipment/
machinery development for raw materials processing,.....
More
RMRDC
RECORDS SUCCESS WITH LOCAL PRODUCTION OF WELDING ELECTRODE, LOOKS TO
PRIVATE SECTOR FOR PROJECT COMMERCIALIZATION
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has made
some success towards local manufacturing of Welding Electrode
production project through a collaborative venture between it and an
indigenous firm, Betta Products Ltd.....
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RMRDC- POINEERING GREEN
TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION IN NIGERIA
Years of resistance to the reality of climatic changes: rising
earth’s temperature (put between 0.5 to 1 degree Fahrenheit),
accelerated melting of both Greenland and Antarctic ice caps with
virtual collapse in mountain glaciers around the globe.......
More
NIM SEEKS
PARTNERSHIP WITH RMRDC ON OVERSEAS TRAINING
Following ongoing reform efforts to reposition its workforce for
greater efficiency and improved service delivery and
professionalism,.......More
PRIVATE - PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERSHIP
INITIATIVE TO TARGET LOCAL PROCESSING AND UTILIZATION OF SESAME SEED
As part of efforts aimed at providing required impetus and enabling
environment for fast-tracking local production and utilization of
African Sesame,..... More
FG REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO AJAOKUTA STEEL
COMPLEX
The Honourable Minister of Science and Technology, Prof. Turner
Isoun recently led a Federal Government delegation on an inspection
tour of the facilities at the Ajaokuta Steel Complex (ASC) in Kogi
State.....More
TWO RESEARCHERS GET RMRDC/ NMC
ENDOWMENT AWARD FOR MODELING OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT
Two researchers have emerged recipients of the Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC) / National Mathematical
Center (NMC) Endowment Award for the mathematical modeling of raw
materials process equipment in Nigeria. .......
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RMRDC EXHIBITION
PULLS POTENTIAL INVESTORS AT YOBE AGRIC FAIR
Damaturu, the capital city of Yobe state,
recently, was venue for the 5th All Nigeria States &
Local Governments Agricultural Development.......
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RMRDC EMERGES CO-HOST FOR EXPERTS FORUM ON AFRICA’S TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT AT MINNA
Faced with the challenge of promoting Africa’s technological
development through cooperative exchange of high-level African
experts and expertise within the African sub-region, the Directorate
of Technical Development in Africa (DCTA),....
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HOPE RISES ON ECONOMY AS FOCUS SHIFTS TO NON-OIL SECTOR
Faced with
dwindling fortunes from the world crude oil export market, a
geometrically rising import bill- now over $40 billion from $5.8
billion figures of 1999, and a sharp fall in, ....
More
RMRDC TO COLLABORATE WITH KOGI
FOUNDATION FOR WORKSHOP ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT, PLANS
ANOTHER FOR LAGOS ON ALANBLANCKIA, BOABAB AND SHEANUT TREES
UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA
As part of efforts aimed at
developing the local production and processing of agro based
products in Nigeria through entrepreneurship and employment
generation,... More
8TH RMRDC TECHNO-
EXPO HOLDS,
SCORES HIGH ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
For four days, the RMRDC 8th technology exhibition fair
occupied the center stage of all activities and attention at the Raw
Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC). .....
More
8TH TECHNO EXPO TO
TARGET INDIGENOUS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING CAPACITY
As part of efforts to shore up indigenous capacities
and skills for equipment manufacturing for sustainable development
of the nation’s raw materials sector, the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC) plans to show case over 50 exhibitors,
..... More
RMRDC PRESENTS AGRO PROCESSING
PLANTS TO FARMERS, PROMISES ASSISTANCE TO INVESTORS
As part of efforts to provide up-to-date information and technical
support to investors in Nigeria, the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC) has offered to provide intervention for
.... More
RMRDC
ENGAGES PRIVATE SECTOR COLLABORATION FOR CHLOR-ALKALI PRODUCTION
PLANT
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) is
already fast tracking on the new initiative on Public Private Sector
Partnership programme being advanced by the current ongoing reforms
of the present administration as it prepares for a joint venture
partnership with Ace Chemical Resources Limited for the
establishment of a Chlor-Alkali production plant in Nigeria...
More
DUPONT (USA) OPTS FOR RMRDC PARTNERSHIP ON CROP DEVELOPMENT IN
NIGERIA
America’s leading new products
and materials Research and Development Center, E. I. du pont de
Nemours, has indicated its desire to partner with the Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC) to reinvigorate the nations
ailing Agro sector. Mr. Nurber... More
EBONYI GOVERNMENT COMMENDS RMRDC ON LOCAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
EFFORTS IN THE STATE, REQUESTS FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE ON PROJECTS
The Ebonyi state government has
commended the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)
for agreeing to partner with it in the development of its solid
minerals, industrial and agricultural resources.... More
RMRDC PRESENTS N1 MILLION PREMIUM
SEEDS TO JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT
Determined to
raise the volume of production of sesame seed in Nigeria, and boost
capacity for establishment of industries and value-added
manufacturing, the Raw Materials Research and Development Council
(RMRDC) has presented a ton worth of premium variety sesame seeds,
valued at over one million naira, to 180 sesame seed growers in
Jigawa state... More
ENGINEERING BODY CALLS FOR CLOSER
TIES WITH RMRDC
Executive members
of the Metallurgy Mineral Materials and Mining Division of the
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), have called for closer ties
with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) in
the development of raw materials resources in Nigeria. This
call was made when the national engineering body, led by its
chairman, Engr. (Dr.) G. F. E. Alabi paid a courtesy call on the
Director General of the council, Engr. (Prof.) Peter Azikiwe Onwualu
in Abuja, recently...More
PROF. ONWUALU CALLS MORE WOMEN INTO SCIENCE
Buoyed by the
immense contributions of women scientists in today’s world of
technology and the general enterprise of uplifting living standards
of the family and society at large, the Director General of the Raw
Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof)
Peter A. Onwualu, has called for more women to go into the study of
sciences as a way of repositioning them to contribute more in the
development of society.... More
USAID MARKETS, RMRDC, SET AGENDA
FOR DAIRY PLANT PROJECT FOR FCT
Maximizing
Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites
(MARKETS), an arm of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), has made known its intention to partner with
the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), to
facilitate the establishment of a diary products project in the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja....
More
DG RMRDC
INAUGURATES COMMITTEE ON ADAPTATION OF HYBRID SESAME SEED IN NIGERIA
As part of efforts aimed at boosting
the production of sesame seed for industrial utilization in Nigeria,
the Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof.) Peter Onwualu, has inaugurated...
More
GOV. SAM EGWU APPLAUDS CLOSE TIES
WITH RMRDC
The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, His Excellency, Dr. Sam
Ominyi Egwu has said that the current efforts by his government...
More
PROF ONWUALU TASKS NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS ON
COMMERCIALISABLE RESEARCH
As Nigeria braces up to the global
challenge of diversifying its economy base to the less volatile non-
oil sector, the Director- General of the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC),..
More
PROF ONWUALU
IDENTIFIES PRIVATE SECTOR AS KEY TO ACHIEVEMENT OF 10% CASSAVA FLOUR
DIRECTIVE
The Director General of the Raw Materials
Research and Development (RMRDC), Eng. (Prof) Peter Azikiwe Onwualu
has described the Organized Private Sector (OPS) as critical to the
overall achievement of the ten per cent cassava flour inclusion in
bread and other confectionary items.
More
DUPONT (USA) OPTS FOR RMRDC PARTNERSHIP ON CROP
DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
America’s leading new products
and materials Research and Development Center, E. I. du pont de
Nemours, has indicated its desire to partner with the Raw Materials
Research and Development Council (RMRDC) to reinvigorate the nations
ailing Agro sector. Mr. Nurber... More
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EBONYI
GOVERNMENT COMMENDS RMRDC ON LOCAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS IN
THE STATE, REQUESTS FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE ON PROJECTS
The Ebonyi state government has
commended the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC)
for agreeing to partner with it in the development of its solid
minerals, industrial and agricultural resources.... More |
RMRDC PRESENTS N1 MILLION PREMIUM
SEEDS TO JIGAWA STATE GOVERNMENT
Determined to
raise the volume of production of sesame seed in Nigeria, and boost
capacity for establishment of industries and value-added
manufacturing, the Raw Materials Research and Development Council
(RMRDC) has presented a ton worth of premium variety sesame seeds,
valued at over one million naira, to 180 sesame seed growers in
Jigawa state... More
ENGINEERING BODY CALLS FOR CLOSER
TIES WITH RMRDC
Executive members
of the Metallurgy Mineral Materials and Mining Division of the
Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), have called for closer ties
with the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) in
the development of raw materials resources in Nigeria. This call
was made when the national engineering body, led by its chairman,
Engr. (Dr.) G. F. E. Alabi paid a courtesy call on the Director
General of the council, Engr. (Prof.) Peter Azikiwe Onwualu in
Abuja, recently...More
PROF. ONWUALU CALLS MORE WOMEN INTO SCIENCE
Buoyed by the
immense contributions of women scientists in today’s world of
technology and the general enterprise of uplifting living standards
of the family and society at large, the Director General of the Raw
Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof)
Peter A. Onwualu, has called for more women to go into the study of
sciences as a way of repositioning them to contribute more in the
development of society.... More
USAID MARKETS, RMRDC, SET AGENDA
FOR DAIRY PLANT PROJECT FOR FCT
Maximizing
Agricultural Revenue and Key Enterprises in Targeted Sites
(MARKETS), an arm of the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), has made known its intention to partner with
the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), to
facilitate the establishment of a diary products project in the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja....
More
DG RMRDC
INAUGURATES COMMITTEE ON ADAPTATION OF HYBRID SESAME SEED IN NIGERIA
As part of efforts aimed at boosting
the production of sesame seed for industrial utilization in Nigeria,
the Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof.) Peter Onwualu, has inaugurated...
More
GOV. SAM EGWU APPLAUDS CLOSE TIES
WITH RMRDC
The Executive Governor of Ebonyi state, His Excellency, Dr. Sam
Ominyi Egwu has said that the current efforts by his government...
More
PROF ONWUALU TASKS NIGERIAN SCIENTISTS ON
COMMERCIALISABLE RESEARCH
As Nigeria braces up to the global
challenge of diversifying its economy base to the less volatile non-
oil sector, the Director- General of the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC),.. More |
RMRDC SETS FRESH AGENDA FOR
COMPLETION OF KAGARA AND KWAKUTI PROJECTS
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has set a
time frame for the completion of two of its stalled projects in
Niger state.
More |
|
RMRDC
INAUGURATES COMMITTEE ON EVALUATION OF CHEMICALS AND AGRO SECTORS IN
NIGERIA
The Chairman of the
Governing Board of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC) Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen, in Abuja recently
inaugurated 15 Technical Committees to evaluate the activities of
the chemical and agro industries in Nigeria.
More |
|
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. More |
|
RMRDC, OWAARDEV, COLLABORATE ON
CASSAVA AND SOYABEAN UTILIZATION TRAINING FOR RURAL WOMEN IN EBONYI
STATE
As
part of efforts to develop women skillfully especially in the area
of agricultural food processing and preservation, as well as
building their capacity for economic sustainability through
entrepreneurial engagements,
More
|
|
RMRDC
GETS BOOST FROM GOV. ALIERO FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF DISPLAY CENTER IN
KEBBI STATE
The
current efforts by the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC) in promoting the development of raw materials in
the states, was given a boost, recently, when Gov. Adamu Aleiro of
kebbi state granted a cash grant, of N1.5 million, to the Council
as counterpart funding for the establishment of a raw materials
display center in the state. More |
|
RMRDC
PROJECTS IN NORTH- WEST GET BOARD’S ATTENTION
The
chairperson of the Governing board of the Raw Materials Research and
Development Council (RMRDC), Chief (Mrs.) Pauline Tallen, has re-
affirmed the council’s commitment to re- view and re- focus it’s
projects nation- wide in order to positively impact on the overall
economic development of Nigeria.
More
|
|
PAULINE
TALLEN, TOURS RMRDC PROJECTS IN SOUTH- EAST, IDENTIFIES NEW AREAS OF
COOPERATION
The Chairman
of the Governing Board of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Chief (Mrs.) Paulin Tallen led the Board on a
facts- finding tour of Council’s projects and offices in the South
Eastern part of the country recently.
More
|
|
RMRDC
CALLS FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE
STATES
The
Raw materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has tasked
state governments on the need to establish a Ministry of Science and
Technology in their respective states to take full advantage of
Science and Technology as a catalyst for socio- economic development
in the nation. More |
|
ENGR.
ONWUALU CALLS FOR MORE COTTAGE INDUSTRIES IN THE WOOD SECTOR
The
Director General of the Raw Materials Research and Development
Council (RMRDC), Engr. (Prof.) A. Peter Onwualu, has advocated for
the establishment of more wood- based cottage industries in Nigeria
as a means of diversifying the country’s revenue generation base and
as a means of sustaining industrial the nation’s natural resources
endowment. More |
PROF ONWUALU
IDENTIFIES PRIVATE SECTOR AS KEY TO ACHIEVEMENT OF 10% CASSAVA FLOUR
DIRECTIVE
The Director General of the Raw Materials
Research and Development (RMRDC), Eng. (Prof) Peter Azikiwe Onwualu
has described the Organized Private Sector (OPS) as critical to the
overall achievement of the ten per cent cassava flour inclusion in
bread and other confectionary items.
More |
ENGR. JAMES AGBONFORO
OITOMEN: RESEARCHING FOR THE NATION
For a man who began
inventing at a tender age of ten when most of his age mates were
still toiling through their alphabets and basic arithmetic,
More
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