The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh, said this at the opening of a two-day 7th Annual Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) in Abuja on Wednesday.
The conference was with the theme ‘From Research to Market: The Making of Knowledge-based Economies’.
Represented by Dr Olugbenga Fadigbe, the minister said that in a world defined by innovation, it was very important that Nigeria moved beyond mere knowledge generation to robust commercialisation anchored on STI.