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Economic crisis: Time to put NASENI to good use

2nd March 2016
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By  James Enejoh

All right thinking and patriotic Nigerians who understand the current economic realities  agree on one issue: that this is the best opportunity we have of breaking free of the vicious circle of consumption and being a heavily import-dominated economy. The truth, however, is that while we can easily break away from the ridiculous importation of agro-based products, finished and innovative products pose their own challenge. We must first develop the capacity to produce them. 

This, fortunately, is the point where the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) comes into play. The Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Professor Mohammed Haruna, has done a good job at the agency and there is no better time than now to harness his wealth of experience to get the nation out of the woods. 

It is on record that Professor Haruna has been recognized severally for the impact he has made at NASENI.  For instance, this is a man who has received the Fellowship Award of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) at its just concluded National Delegates Conference in Abuja in recognition of his superintending over unprecedented technology products development feats and general transformation of NASENI since his assumption of office in 2012.

The national body of NASU summed it up nicely when it said recently  that it recognized the giant strides recorded by NASENI under the leadership of Professor Haruna towards actualizing the dream of the Federal Government in the attainment of technology advancement of the country. 

Such is the level of confidence he has in the quality of products churned out by NASENI that the Executive Vice Chairman had in the past repeatedly urged the Federal Government and its other agencies to adopt and patronise them. Only a man that has given his best can summon that level of confidence. As far back as the third quarter of last year, he had predicted that the agency alone has the capacity to help the nation become strong economically. 

A cursory review of what Professor Haruna has done in NASENI reveals lessons that are immediately applicable on a national scale and can be adopted by other government agencies. He has this remarkable strategy of planning and we are talking about the  kind of planning that integrates the private sector from scratch.

This has in its own way been useful to boosting adoption rate of the products from the organisation since those in a position to scale them up for commercialization are carried along from inception. The agency has been amply opened up to strike partnership deals with the private sector.

The other good thing he has done at NASENI is to give  a free hand to staff of the agency to explore their creativity, contrary to the norm where those connected to government establishments are stifled. The creative juices thus flow freely, yielding innovative products that are going places.

The Presidency should ask  Professor Haruna to provide a compendium of the products developed at NASENI. These should then be reviewed within the shortest possible time by a team drawn from the public and private sectors with a view to identifying the ones that can be scaled up to address Nigeria’s industrialization needs. Another facet to the task that the Presidency must set for the NASENI Executive Vice President is that his agency must speed up its activities because of the desperate situation the country has found itself with the plunging crude oil prices.

For other agencies, it will be worth the while of their leadership to take cues from the NASENI with a view to replicating things that have worked  in their own organizations. Where possible, they should create avenues for him to come around and inspire the staff of their organizations.

Nigerians believe that President Muhammadu Buhari must assemble persons in the mould of Professor Haruna and add them to his change agenda to re-write the story of our nation away from the present oil dependent economy.

On his part, it is important to urge that Professor Haruna does not relent on the exceptional standard he brought on board when he resumed at the agencies. Several organizations might have honored and recognized him with awards but the greatest honour would be making it possible for NASENI to help Nigeria overcome the current challenges. He should for the sake of us all put the agency to good use for the good of the country.

νEnejoh writes from Ajaokuta

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