Polytechnics To Get N1.5bn Each For Made-in-Nigeria Goods

The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) plans to support polytechnics with between N1 billion and N1.5 billion each to establish production lines for locally made goods under an initiative aimed at reducing Nigeria’s dependence on imports.
The NBTE Director-General, Prof. Idris Bugaje, disclosed this at a strategic session involving the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organisations (WAITRO), Nigerian tertiary institutions and the organised private sector, organised by the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) in Abuja.
Bugaje said the initiative, tagged One Product, One Polytechnic (1P1P), would require each polytechnic to manufact...