The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, on Friday, said it has received orders from Uganda, Cameroon and Cote d’Ivoire to produce and supply laboratory equipment for tertiary institutions and secondary schools.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammad Haruna, disclosed this to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed-doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The NASENI boss said he was at the seat of power to brief the President on the activities and finances of the agency for the third quarter of 2022.
According to him, NASENI is implementing various local and international contracts to manufacture and supply laboratory equipment.
Prof. Haruna also revealed that the Agency received N44.56 billion from the federal government, explaining that it was 20 per cent less than the N56 billion earlier appropriated for the 2022 fiscal year.
He further stated that the funds went for the acquisition and domestication of technologies for the laboratory equipment for secondary and tertiary institutions from Delorenzo, Italy. This includes training and local production of equipment.
Haruna said that the infrastructure agency utilised part of the appropriated funds for aircraft development and some defense related equipment.
