ABU seeks investment as best brains in nuclear science run abroad

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The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has advocated for more investment in education at national and sub-national levels to harness the potentials in nuclear science to agriculture, medicine and other aspects of human endeavour.

Prof. Kabiru Bala, the Vice-Chancellor of ABU, made the appeal on Friday in Zaria during the 16th Annual General Assembly and other homecoming event 2023, organised by the ABU Alumni Association.

He pleaded with the government and other key stakeholders to look at the imperative of more investment in education from local level to federal level. “”The International Atomic Energy Association where it was discovered that by the association and International Atomic Energy Agency discovered that the application of nuclear science in Africa was very low.

According to Bala, there are modular systems which can generate small amounts of energy over time to reduce the risk of nuclear accidents and universities elsewhere are building modular nuclear reactors, hence the imperative of investment in education. He, therefore, appealed for a quantum of additional investment in education to enable Nigeria achieve the feat in other climes.

 

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