As the federal government braces up for cutting-edge technology, the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM) and the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to change the face of the nation’s transport sector

The MoU was signed during a working visit made to NITT, Zaria by the Director-General (DG) of NACETEM, Dr. John Akintayo Omimakinde and his management team

At the meeting, the two institutions also unfolded plans to commence trainings and workshops in diverse areas of transport and STI management for staff of the agencies with a view to achieving sustainable development in Nigeria’s transport sector.

Besides trainings and workshops, the two institutions agreed to also be engaged in joint research activities, particularly in the area of technology needs assessment

The Heads of the 2 agencies unanimously agreed that the transport sector driven by STI would not only help achieve sustainable and inclusive development but also make life easier in all sectors of the economy.

In his remarks, Omimakinde, stressed the pivotal role of STI in development, nothing that ‘No nation can achieve sustainable development without appropriate deployment of science, technology and innovation to all sectors of the economy”

On his part, the Director-General, NITT, Dr. Bayero Salih Farah, was of the view that ‘the transport sector is the epicentre of any meaningful development in any nation, as it is critical to all sectors of the economy.

He commended NACETEM for the swiftness with which they have approached the MoU between two institutions and assured that NITT would do everything humanly possible to make every component of the MOU work.

Farah however said that NACETEM and NITT are poised to revolutionize the transport sector with science, technology and innovation.

Programmes to be rolled out after the review of the Technical Committee and subsequent approval of the two institutions’ Governing Councils include: National Innovation System Management and Transport Sector, Technological Entrepreneurship in Transport Sector, Fourth Industrial Revolution: Emerging Technologies in the Transport Sector, Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators in the Transport Sector, Strategic Digital Communication in Transport Sector,