This was confirmed by the former Executive Commissioner and acting EVC, Nigerian Communications Commission.
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The former boss of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure made the passionate plea on Friday.
The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Halilu, has charged the management staff of the agency to put forward ideas on how NASENI can effectively support the priorities of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu such as large-scale switching of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles to alternative fuels to reduce the cost of living for Nigerians.
This commitment was the outcome of discussions between the two chief executives in Abuja on Friday September 15, 2023, when the EVC/CEO of NASENI visited the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) office as part of his efforts to engage with stakeholders to promote the adoption of NASENI’s technologies.
The new Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Halilu, has charged the management team to commit fully to the new direction being charted for the agency.
The newly appointed Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO), National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Khalil Suleiman Halilu said he would ensure that President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda is achieved through the deployment of Science, Technology and innovation (STI) in the economy.
The processing policy is in line with NASENI’s drive to encourage the processing of Strategic Solid Minerals and particularly to ensure that batteries are produced locally for both electric vehicles as well as other energy storage applications.
The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has visited the Ambassador of Czech Republic to Nigeria, His Excellency Zdeněk Krejčí for business collaboration and fact-finding on Delta2 Project.
This was disclosed by the Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna.
These empowerment projects have also been used as a funnel to transfer political benefits to party loyalists, particularly in a pre-election year.
Ahmed made this known while addressing stakeholders at a public hearing on the 2021 Finance Bill organsied by the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Monday in Abuja.
The revised submission was received and referred to the Committee on Finance on Tuesday for expeditious consideration ahead of Thursday’s budget presentation to the National Assembly by President Buhari.
President Muhammadu Buhari had requested the Senate to approve sovereign loans of $4.054bn and €710million as well as grant components of $125m for the proposed projects.
The Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, told State House correspondents that the president gave the order when he updated (Buhari) him on the activities of the agency at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, while making a submission before the Senate Panel on Finance and National Planning, lamented the failure of the Federal Government to remit the 1 per cent into the agency’s purse.
Nigerians have the brains to develop a better technology for more sensitive card readers, Dr Haruna Sani, Executive Vice -Chairman of the National Agency for Science Engineering Infrastructure has said.
Haruna, decided to flaunt the directives of the Federal Government as convened in the circular with Ref No. SGF.50/S.II/C.2/268, dated December 4, 2017, which directed that under no circumstances should a CEO of Parastatals like NASENI stay a day longer in office when his or her tenure expires. The circular also directed that the CEO should hand over to the next most senior director in the Agency, provided such senior officer does not have pending investigative matter at hand.
Mohammed Haruna, the Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, made this known while responding to questions at a news conference during NASENI Day at the ongoing Technology and Innovation Expo 2018 in Abuja.
The call was part of the outcome of a roundtable discussion by the group and other NGOs held in Kaduna on Tuesday to discuss how to reboot economic development in the north of the country and also grow the national economy
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja urged the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure to do more to…