Mandate

The mandates of the Council as listed in the Act are:

• Draw up policy guidelines and action programmes on raw materials acquisition, exploitation and development;
• Review from time to time, raw material resources availability and utilization with a view to advising the Federal Government on the strategic implication of depletion, conservation or stock-pilling of such resources;
• Advise on adoption of machinery and processes for raw materials utilization;
• Encourage publicity of research findings and other information relevant to local sourcing of raw materials for industries;
• Encourage growth of implant research and development capabilities;
• Advise on and devise awards or systems for industries that achieve any break-through or make innovations and inventions;
• Organize workshops, symposia and seminars from time to time designed to enlighten people on new developments and solutions discovered;
• Consider and advise on special research grants for specific objectives, and
• Consider and advise on any other issue capable of enhancing the objectives of the Council.

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