Boko Haram: Military partners space agency on security
The Nigerian military in partnership with National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) are collaborating in the fight against insurgency and insecurity in the country.
Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu who revealed that a lot of valuable information has been generated from the collaboration also said that the investments being made in space research is one that will give the country great returns.
The Minister said, “I am very happy those twenty years ago, Nigeria made the decision to the important decision to commence space research and development.
The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has had a very positive impact on agriculture, the environment, industry, communication and our defence.
“The investment we are making in space research is one that will give us great returns; we will make more from our investments than what we put in.
Nigerian engineers designed one of our satellites and we must give them the opportunity to design not just ours but for other nations, so we will have the capacity to launch our own satellites ourselves and other countries.
