Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora has asked the Federal Government to ban all foreign food commodities Nigeria can produce.
Mamora made the call on Tuesday at the ministerial media briefing orgainised by the presidential communications at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,
According to Mamora, the country is bereft of investors, hence most local inventions are rather dormant and useless.
He said the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is having a challenge taking research outputs to the market, noting that when this is done it would be seen as doing something.
Speaking on what has been done with all the inventions the ministry has been able to achieve, Mamora said: “What do we do with all these inventions? It’s a question that we have also been pondering about. It will interest you that virtually all our agencies have come up with one invention or the other.
“But the challenge had always been taking these research outputs to the market. Because until and unless we are able to take them to the market, we would not be seen to have been able to do something.
According to him, while the ministry would continue to engage the relevant stakeholders, it is also thinking of legislation to compel the protection of the inventions before pushing them to the market.
