BIOTECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION

Preamble
Acquisition of the relevant technology for indigenous and self-reliant development is important for our national growth and accelerated socio economic well-being. Therefore, we shall, in the first instance, depend on the importance of critical items of equipment and machinery, while adaptation and copy technology, through indigenous R & D, shall be employed to accelerate our technological growth and self-reliance.
Policy Statement
The Government of Nigeria shall:

1. Give priority attention to the provision of infrastructure and other resource facilities for biotechnology in order to facilitate rapid development in Nigeria.
2. Initiate and promote sustainable programmes that will engender profitable and acceptable development and deployment by unpackaging, and analyzing for the purpose of copying, adopting or adapting imported technology to complement local R & D efforts, and for accelerated attainment of self-reliance.

1. Adhere to the terms of technology transfer agreements as well as the provisions of copyright patent in the conventions to which the country is signatory; but without incurring excessive costs on clauses associated with property rights.
2. Provide appropriate legal backing through legislation, as well as investment incentives so as to ensure reaping of full benefits and protecting the growth of bioresources and biotech industry.
3. Encourage free enterprises and international collaborations in the biotech industry such that the public agencies and private enterprises involved could engage in R & D as well as international trade in the new biotech products or services.

Objective
These are to;

1. Ensure that Nigerians have access to safe and profitable uses of biotech-based products and services.
2. Promote the attainment of self-reliance in the biotech industry.
3. Ensure acquisition of manufacturing capability and attainment of high levels of expertise in all aspects of biotechnology for both value-added and basic components through continuous R & D.

1. Resolve both ethical issues and environmental concerns as we acquire and develop the biotech industry in Nigeria.

Strategies

• Starting up the national biotech development programme with the importation of the necessary items of equipment and machinery with the view to apply the copy-and-adaptation technology process through indigenous R & D for the attainment of self-reliance within 5 years.
• Establishing appropriate linkages between the biotech programme and the National Information Technology Development Programme to facilitate a strong indigenous bioinformatics system.
• Implementing the copy-and-adaptation technology pursuit through adoption of one or a combination of:
1. Purchase of patent and / or trademark
2. Open market purchase of technology, or
3. Technical assistance collaboration (on-shore or off-shore).
• Promoting the establishment of small/medium-scale biotech industries to engage in our bioresources and biotechnology entrepreneurship development.
• Making use of the National Science and Technology Parks to establish modern facilities and enterprise arising from the acquired and indigenous efforts in biotechnology.

 

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