Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima has declared that Nigeria’s universities must evolve from producing graduates to becoming engines of innovation. He was recently represented by the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, at the inauguration of the Manu-Tech UniPod at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU).
Describing the facility as the beginning of a national movement to reposition tertiary institutions as drivers of economic transformation, Shettima stated that our universities must become bedrocks of industrialisation and enterprise if Nigeria is to achieve sustainable economic growth.
He added that the initiative aligns with Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which places education, innovation, industrialisation, youth empowerment and economic diversification at the centre of national development.
His words, “The launch of this Manu-Tech Innovation Pod is not the end of a project; it is the beginning of a national movement where education powers industry, innovation drives prosperity and knowledge transforms our nation.”
