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In a move towards effective implementation of this policy, the Government took a further step to establish the National Biotechnology Development Agency, charged with the following specific mandates:
- Develop an indigenous critical mass of human resources and infrastructure for biotechnology in Nigeria.
- Ensure that biotechnology is profitably applied to government’s stewardship such as assurance of high quality health services, food security, environmental protection and safety.
- Maintain sustainable exploitation of bioresources for our food & Agriculture, Health Care Delivery and Industrial utilisation.
- Ensure sustainable mechanism for adequate funding of biotechnology activities through national and international funding Agencies.
- Ensure that Nigeria becomes self-reliant in the development and application of biotechnology-based products and services.
- Ensure that Nigerians have access to and benefit from safe, ethical and profitable uses of biotechnology-based products and services.
- Promote sustenance in the development and application of acceptable and profitable technologies through strategic investments in biotechnology R & D to support innovation and economic development.
- Ensure global competitiveness and the export of products of the Nigerian biotechnology industry.
- Establish and maintain profitable national and international collaborative relationship between government and all other stakeholders and interest groups on matters relating to the prospects of the biotechnology industry.
- Develop suitable mechanisms and activities to support the emergence of biotechnology enterprises for the commercialisation of biotechnology products; so as to ensure a sustainable food security, job and wealth creation, efficient and cheap healthcare delivery as well as a safe environment.
- Develop appropriate legislations, compatible with international regulations, so as to ensure biosafety, in line with social and ethical considerations and to protect intellectual property, industrial; property and farmers’ rights.
- Evolve a centralised co-ordination of the development biotechnology to ensure unnecessary duplication and wastages as well as attainment objectives.
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