The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure has said it is collaborating with partners from Hashmite Kingdom of Jordan, Czech Republic, and Italy to equip six institutes across the nation.
The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive, NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Haruna, disclosed this while showing the Chief of Staff to the president, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, around the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute in Lafia.
According to him, the agency was trying to revolutionise agriculture in the country in order to guarantee food security. He added that the focus of the agency was on how to transition the nation from a community-based economy to a manufacturing economy.
He said, “NASENI is collaborating with partners from Hashmite Kingdom of Jordan, Czech Republic, and Italy to equip this institute and the other five Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institutes with state-of-the-art research and manufacturing facilities targeting the best and the highest technology in the world.”
On his part, Gambari, added, “We want to commend NASENI for bringing into reality the concept which the Buhari administration approved for this institute sited in each of the six geopolitical zones of the country.”
Source: Punch
