The House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology has accused the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr. Kingsley Tochukwu Udeh, of undermining President Bola Tinubu’s efforts to determine a National Research and Innovation Development Fund.
The committee has additionally threatened to escalate the matter to the ground of the House, expressing displeasure over Udeh’s failure to attend or ship a consultant to a public listening to on a invoice in search of to determine the Fund, held on Friday.
The committee, chaired by Hon. Zakariya Tijjani Zannah, warned that the ministry’s failure to take part within the legislative course of might delay the passage of the invoice.
A member of the committee, Hon. Ahmed Jaha, described the minister’s absence as an act of sabotage in opposition to the cordial relationship between the chief and legislative arms of presidency.
According to him, comparable funding preparations had helped advance analysis and innovation in a number of nations, making Nigeria’s proposed framework lengthy overdue.
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