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Sci-Tech Could Make Nigeria 9th Largest Economy In The World, Declared Minister Of Science and Technology

Sci-Tech Could Make Nigeria 9th Largest Economy In The World, Declared Minister Of Science and Technology

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has said if science and technology (Sci-tech) is exploited and harnessed, could result to achieving the projection of Nigeria as the 9th largest economy in the world.

The Minister stated after his Ministry had presented the 2017 to 2030 Science and Technology Roadmap to a sitting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Aso Rock, Abuja.

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The Science and Technology Minister after the FEC meeting said the roadmap is aimed at projecting Nigeria to occupy the position of the 9th largest economy in the world by 2050.

He is hoping that the roadmap will exploit the country’s rich and viable cultural heritage to achieve self-reliance in technology adding that it will be difficult to attain economic height without science and technology.

“In the road map we also identified all the things that we need to do to place Nigeria in a position; because there are estimates that by 2050 Nigeria will, by purchasing power parity, be the 9th largest economy in the world.

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