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NCC boosts ICT research innovations in Universities with over N170m
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) said it has awarded 13 universities N172,532,040 for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) focused research innovations.
The Commission said it has so far spent N660m on Nigerian tertiary institutions for ICT related research.
The Executive Vice Chiarman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, revealed this on Thursday at the award of research grants to winners of the 2021 Telecommunications-based research proposals helf in Abuja.
Also at the event was the endowment of N60m to three professorial chairs in tertiary institutions to promote innovations in tertiary institutions.
Danbatta said, “The endowment of professorial chairs in universities is one of the commissioner’s initiatives in supporting academia in focused research in ICT, towards the advancement of technologies.
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