Rachael Olokungboye
ONDO: Professor Amund the vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin in Ondo State has called on government at all levels and relevant stakeholders to show serious commitment and place more emphasis on Applied Research for growth of the nation’s economy.
Professor Olu Kayode made this remark after he was inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science in Abuja.
According to Prof. Amund, the lack of funding for scientific research in Nigeria is having a ripple effect on the country’s economic development.
According to a statement by, Olubunmi Afuye, Senior Public Relations Officer of the school quotes the Vice-Chancellor saying “Science is not as encouraged as it ought to be in Nigeria. Even though the Government, as a policy is favoring the study of science, as against the humanities in our schools, the economic climate is not aiding the fulfillment of the Government’s aspiration in this regard. One thing is to have a policy, another thing is to make the policy work.”
Prof. Amund, who described the research as the bedrock of development, also called for more synergy between the Private sector and Academia, to ensure that researches being conducted in the University is being translated to both industrial and agricultural revolution for the improvement of the Nigerian economy.
He lamented the abysmal pace at which Nigeria’s technology is developing.
He stressed further, by stating that most foreign multinationals, who do business in Nigeria, only see the country as a sales outlet and would rather sponsor research in their home countries than give such supports to local researchers.
According to him, “local researchers have been tried in the past and they have disappointed them. It is on that premise that they are no longer relying on such researchers to handle productive-driven researches for them. That’s why our own locally based private sector must stand up to that challenge to fund University researches.”
Prof Olukayode Amund, who assumed duty as the Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University in 2019, was inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science following his well-cited local and international publications in various journals.
Prof Olukayode Amund, who assumed duty as the Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University in 2019, was inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science following his well-cited local and international publications in various journals.
The Elizade University’s Vice Chancellor noted that most foreign multinationals, who do business in Nigeria, only see the country as a sales outlet and would rather sponsor research in their home countries than give such supports to local researchers.
According to him, “local researchers have been tried in the past and they have disappointed them. It is on that premise that they are no longer relying on such researchers to handle productive-driven researches for them. That’s why our own locally based private sector must stand up to that challenge to fund University researches.”
Prof Olukayode Amund, who assumed duty as the Vice-Chancellor of Elizade University in 2019, was inducted as a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science following his well-cited local and international publications in various journals.
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