Young people, according to Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, can provide solutions to the country’s long-standing challenges through innovation in science, technology, and management sciences.
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On Saturday, September 18, 2021, Mr Osinbajo delivered the keynote address to the founding class; 2021 of the Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM) in Lagos.
During his address, Yemi Osinbajo said, “the most significant problems of this generation, especially in Africa, will require innovation in science, technology and the management sciences, especially entrepreneurship and innovative leadership if we are to stand a chance of resolving them.
“I think sitting before us today, the graduands of the NUTM scholars programme, we might just be beholding the men and women with the answers to some of the world’s most significant challenges. And there are many challenges indeed. We need to invent and produce cutting-edge AI applications for education, business, medicine and security.
“We need to design the educational innovation required to train millions of children in or out of classrooms all across the country and on our continent and provide the techniques for delivering opportunities in technology on the scale.
“Clearly in Agriculture, we need to invent advanced devices, precision agriculture methodologies, and robotic systems that will guarantee the huge yields per acreage or volumes in dairy and livestock to meet the food security needs of a country headed for the third position in global population size in a few short years.
“And we are waiting for the breakthrough in the treatment of peculiar African health challenges such as sickle cell disease, fibroids and cancers. There is so much to do. But we know that ground-breaking innovation in technology or commerce will always be the product of the work of well-trained people.”
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Prof. Osinbanjo noted the Nigerian University of Technology and Management is a forerunner in higher education that has been established to cultivate leaders and innovators who will make an impact in Africa and beyond.
