The Federal Government is set to create an ICT databank that will aid research and innovation in the country, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has said.
Dr. Onu saidthis in Abuja Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the fourth International Workshop on Application of ICT in Education, Healthcare and Agriculture.
The minister said the Muhammadu Buhari administration had been deploying ICT infrastructure in order to build indigenous capacity for manufacture of hardware and software.
He said ICT databank would strengthen the role of science, technology and innovation in all sectors of the economy.
“This will help our dear nation to strengthen her currency, heal the sick, reduce poverty, defeat ignorance, provide housing for all, protect the environment and conquer hunger,” he said. (Daily Trust)
