Nigeria's 0.5% GDP for research, development insufficient

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Nigeria's 0.5% GDP for research, development insufficient

The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos, Plateau State, Prof Linus Asuquo, has said that the country’s current 0.5% Gross Domestic Product on research and development is still very low and cannot sustain any meaningful progress. He said for the country to achieve meaningful development, spending anything less than