The Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Suleiman Halilu, has said that his vision is to make NASENI the country’s number one innovation and technology transfer agency.
According to a press release signed by the Director of Information, NASENI, Mr Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, said that Mr Halilu, who stated this yesterday as he marked one year in office, recounted his achievements in his first year in office as Chief Executive of the Agency, saying he made a promise in 2023 that he was going to take NASENI products from the shelves to the market. “One year later, it is a case of promise made and kept,” he said.
“I made promises of increased activities and a market-ready technology profile for NASENI on my assumption of office. I promised what we were going to do and the projects we were going to embark on, and today the products are here for you all to see. This is just one year for me, and this is just another opportunity to say that we are going to do more. We are going to have a better NASENI, focussing on the socio-economic development of our nation, Nigeria, and the fulfilment of the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government,” he said.
While stating that he would do more to have a better NASENI, he said not less than 36 products from NASENI are already on the market. “We are not necessarily in the retail market for now, only in the corporate market. We want to have a showroom where people can walk in and buy in retail, and we are in the process of setting that up soon,” he remarked.
The EVC of NASENI further noted that all the products of the agency developed in the last year are products of collaborations with strategic partners and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) with local content inputs in them. “We collaborate, we do technology transfer, we domesticate and commercialise together,” he added.
The agency has, in the past year, since the assumption of office of Halilu as CEO, introduced about 36 market-ready products that are on the market. The products include solar irrigation pumps, electric cars (EV), Android smartphones, solar home systems, smart prepaid Metres, power stoves, matchboxes, pickup vehicles, power storage, car batteries, laptops, CCTV, solar street lamps, solar wall lights, electric tricycles, and mobile science kits, among others.