The federal government on Tuesday made a grant of N25 million to five academies as a token of appreciation for their contribution to national development.
The academies are the Nigerian Academy of Science, the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, the Nigerian Academy of Letters, the Nigerian Academy of Education and the Nigerian Academy of Social Science. Each academy received N5 million.
Speaking while disbursing the grants to the beneficiaries, the Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, urged them to work in synergy and apply their knowledge to solve the numerous challenges facing the nation.
Such challenges like corruption, insecurity and economy, he added, can only be surmounted with the application of knowledge-driven technology.
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