500 Scientists, Industry Leaders In Cross River Varsity For Microbiology Conference

In a bid to pat into powerfulness of microbiology for nationalist development, nary less than 500 stakeholders, including professors, researchers and technocrats yesterday assembled astatine the University of Cross River State (UNICROSSS) to research the imaginable of microbiology successful driving nationalist development.

The league aimed to beforehand microbiological probe and education, arsenic good arsenic research ways to harness microbiology for nationalist development.

The acting nationalist president of the Nigeria Society for Microbiology, Prof Saleh Ado, portion speaking astatine the 47th Scientific Conference and Annual General gathering with taxable : “Microbial innovations and Enterpenurial Microbiology: The pathway to a steadfast nine and economical prosperity,” highlighted the conference’s significance, stressing that its result would person a important interaction connected Nigeria’s economical improvement and beyond.

The league focused connected caller advancements successful microbial technologies to place approaches for sustainable agriculture and nutrient security.

The Local Organizing Committee Chairman, Prof. Felix Akubuenyi, emphasised the imaginable of microbiology to thrust endeavor and economical growth. He encouraged participants to research innovative ideas, specified arsenic microbial discarded management, to  turn  discarded degraders into profitable recycling ventures.

Others see biofertilizer technologies, to empower smallholder farmers with sustainable cultivation practices, pharmaceutical innovations, leveraging Nigeria’s biodiversity to make caller medicines.

Akubuenyi described the league arsenic a level for innovation, collaboration, organized by  the assemblage to translate  subject into solutions.

He urged participants to illustration a pathway that would presumption microbiology arsenic a operator of health, wealth, and nationalist prosperity, yet starring Nigeria into a bio-driven economy.

Vice Chancellor of UNICROSSS Prof. Francisca Bassey, who is represented by the registrar of the institution  Edim Ekanem,  assured  participants of the institution’s willingness to bash everything wrong its scope to guarantee that deliberations astatine the league get to argumentation makers for  implementation to a logical conclusion.