Former President Goodluck Jonathan has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for prioritising Nigeria’s economic self-reliance.
Politics Nigeria gathered that Jonathan thanked Buhari for directing the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to train 100 Bayelsa youths, noting that the absence of science and technology culture was the bane of the country’s underdevelopment.
The former president spoke yesterday, May 9, at the opening of the NASENI Skill Acquisition Training and Youth Empowerment Programme on modern methods of electrical installation and maintenance held in his hometown, Otuoke, Bayelsa State.
A statement by NASENI Deputy Director (Information and Protocol), Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, the former president said Buhari’s focus on infusing engineering techniques and training to empower the youths was a right step in the right direction.
He noted that without investments in agencies like NASENI and other research and technology institutions, economic transformations for Nigeria would be difficult to attain.
