ABU Vice-Chancellor calls for establishment of Scientific Council of Nigeria

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

The Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Kabiru Bala, has advocated for a bill for an act to establish Scientific Council of Nigeria should be developed and sponsored to regulate all scientific researches and applications in the country,
The Vice-Chancellor, who made the call when he declared open the 55th Annual Conference of Science, Association of Nigeria (SAN) at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, also canvassed that SAN should have representation on the board of government agencies regulating the production, distribution and use of all science-based products in Nigeria.
Prof. Bala further suggested that the next SAN conference should witness more participants from industries, government agencies, private establishments and the international community.
Represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Prof. Ahmed Doko Ibrahim, the Vice-Chancellor stressed that the need to nurture and create an enabling environment where scientific researches thrived was important in any educational establishment.
Ahmadu Bello University, according to him, decided to be at the forefront in matters regarding scientific innovations despite challenges of funding and government bureaucracy.
“Just as a few weeks ago, our students excelled as global champions in the recently organised Huawei ICT Global Competition held in China in May this year.
“These students were trained here in ABU, Zaria and not anywhere else. This shows the quantum of scientific knowledge inherent in our own people and what is needed is the will and resources to present them to the world”, he said.
He said that this year’s conference with the theme “The Role of Science and Technology in the Enhancement of Global Security and Socio-Economic Development” was christened to x-ray the past, present, and future as far as scientific research and applications were concerned.