Prof. Dannis Akoh, the Director of Research and Development, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi, says plans are underway to establish a Technology Acquisition and Transfer Centre in the institution.
Akoh disclosed this on Tuesday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the ongoing 2019 Technology and Innovation Expo in Enugu.
He said that the centre would be established by the Federal Government to provide the needed encouragement in the advancement of research in the institution.
He added that the Federal Government had seen the potential in researchers working in the institution, as well as the doggedness of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba.
He disclosed that the university, within its seven years of existence, made remarkable breakthrough in science, technology and innovation.
Akoh said that a delegation from the institution were at the expo to showcase such breakthroughs, stressing that “as a young university,
we have not done badly. We have within this period, made some scientific breakthroughs, including the development of computer keyboards that accommodate indigenous languages.
He said: “We are the first institution to do so in Nigeria and this even earned us the third position in the 2018 Technology and Innovation Expo.”
The professor explained that some of the research products from the institution had already attracted the attention of the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion.
Akoh said that researchers from the institution were at the event to also search for investors that would be interested in the products.
He commended the ingenuity and doggedness of researchers in the institution, saying they had done much in the face of little resources.
Akoh said: “Our institution has a great future and with little partnership we shall go places.
“We appeal to the government to help us to attract investors so that some of our products and research findings can hit the market place.”
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