Gov’t to prioritise local innovations to drive import substitution – MEST minister

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Gov’t to prioritise local innovations to drive import substitution – MEST minister

By Juliet ETEFE (Juliet.etefe@thebftonline.com) The Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MEST), Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, has reaffirmed government’s commitment to prioritising local innovations as a key strategy to drive its import substitution agenda. He made this known during his familiarisation visit to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its Food Research Institute (FRI), where he engaged w…