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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged Nigerian universities to intensify their research in order to develop (coronavirus) COVID-19 vaccine to tackle the dreaded virus afflicting the country.<\/p>\n

Buhari, represented by Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, gave the challenge at the fifth and sixth combined convocation of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA) on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The President explained that Nigerian Universities were supposed to be centres for scientific and technological discoveries, values and character formation, inventions, as well as drivers of societal development.<\/p>\n

He added that the development of the vaccine would fortify Nigerians\u2019 immune systems against COVID-19.<\/p>\n

According to him, his administration remained committed to tackling the challenges of sustainable funding for research, capacity building and employment creation.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cYou all know that in the year 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic began its devastating effect on the education sub-sectors, leading to the destruction of universities\u2019 academic activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, therefore, urge and encourage the universities to intensify their research to come up with a more potent vaccine to fortify our immune system against this dreaded virus.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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