UNILAG Celebrates Innovation As Minister Visits Campus

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has hosted the curate of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Olajumoke Omoniyi Oduwole, to observe its homegrown innovation and nationalist pride.
Oduwole, an alumnus of UNILAG’s Faculty of Law, returned to her alma mater past week to person her caller authoritative vehicle, proudly assembled successful Nigeria by Nord Automobile astatine the Nord-UNILAG Assembly Plant successful Akoka.

The curate commended the assemblage and Nord Automobile for showcasing indigenous enterprises, describing it arsenic a testament to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“I volition thrust this conveyance with pridefulness successful Abuja and connected authoritative engagements,” she said. “This is simply a beardown connection of our enactment for the Nigeria-First Initiative and our assurance successful Nigerian products,” she said.

The curate added that patronising locally made goods would fortify the naira, make jobs, promote probe and animate young innovators.

Representing the vice chancellor, Prof. Folasade T. Ogunsola, the lawman vice chancellor (Academics and Research), Prof. Bola Oboh, described the lawsuit arsenic a milestone successful UNILAG’s imaginativeness to harvester world excellence with concern innovation.

She said the concern betwixt UNILAG and Nord Automobile, established successful 2022, is the archetypal university-based automobile assembly works successful Africa. It offers students crossed assorted disciplines, from engineering to concern and originative arts, hands-on grooming and manufacture exposure.

Before receiving her caller Nord Demir vehicle, the curate toured the assembly facility, guided by the chairman/CEO of Nord Automobile, Mr Joshua Oluwatobi Ajayi.

The circuit covered the probe and improvement unit, manufacturing store and showroom, wherever respective Nord conveyance models were displayed.

Prof. Oboh expressed the university’s delight successful welcoming 1 of its distinguished alumni, noting that Oduwole lectured successful UNILAG’s Faculty of Law earlier she was appointed minister.

She described the lawsuit arsenic a root of pridefulness and inspiration for the students, saying the motion would motivate much Nigerians to judge successful the nation’s originative and concern potential.

“This infinitesimal embodies UNILAG’s enduring individuality arsenic the assemblage of archetypal prime and the nation’s pride,” she said.