NOTAP moves to end research waste, targets billion-naira innovations

The National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP) has launched an ambitious campaign to transform research findings from Nigerian universities into commercially viable products, declaring an end to the era of groundbreaking discoveries gathering dust on library shelves.
Director-General of NOTAP, Dr Obiageli Amadiobi, disclosed this during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, where she unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at converting academic research into wealth, jobs and industrial growth.
She announced that the agency has established 69 Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Offices (IPTTOs) in universities across the country to safeguard innovati...