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Buhari identifies technology as key to Nigeria’s development

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said technology holds the key to Nigeria’s development, arguing that the country has no reason to remain underdeveloped.

The President, who stated this at the graduation ceremony of the Senior Executive Course 41 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, said the opportunities in technology were endless.

He was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.

He said, “We can simply leapfrog and there is so much room for that and we don’t have to evolve through the decades again. We are already positioned to take advantage of technology to move the development further,” Buhari said, adding that agriculture was another sector that was being transformed by technology.

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“There were about 530 varieties of 37 crops developed in 2014. Cassava yields have increased by 60% in the past decades. It is clear that agriculture cannot remain at the subsistence level again as it is in many parts of the country,” he added.

The President also challenged the NIPSS to graduate from a “think tank” to a “do tank”, saying it was time ideas were not only formulated but also implemented.

“So, I want to urge the NIPSS that our consequent studies must be based on the need to attain some level of understanding on how to implement, on how to get things done. And once you are able to get this done, I am sure substantial difference would be made,” he said.

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