{"id":1920,"date":"2017-11-08T00:32:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T00:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2017-11-08T03:50:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T03:50:00","slug":"nigeria-fg-set-13-year-science-and-tech-road-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/nigeria-fg-set-13-year-science-and-tech-road-map\/","title":{"rendered":"FGN set 13-year Science and Tech Roadmap"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"fcaption\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><b><i><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nationalinsightnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/ICT_Devices.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for ICT\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Nov 8,2017: \u00a0<\/i><\/b>The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said the Federal Government has approved a 13-year National Science, Technology and Innovation Road Map to transform Nigeria from a resource-based to a knowledge-based economy.<\/p>\n<p>The minister stated that the NSTIR would cover 2017 to 2030, noting that the Federal Executive Council gave the approval for the plan to help the economic diversification process, \u201cespecially in the emerging post-crude oil global economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Onu said this in Abuja in a lecture at the National Defence College titled, \u2018National self-reliance through science, technology and innovation\u2019 to Course 26 participants, according to a statement by the college on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The minister noted that a challenge facing the country was to initiate \u201cbold and visionary policies that would help to move the economy in the direction of diversification, so that we can absorb the shock and trauma of recession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Onu said, \u201cThe government has articulated and presented the National Science, Technology and Innovation Road map 2017-2030. 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