National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure
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The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) was established in 1992 by The Nigerian Federal Government
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 of the recommendations of the White Paper Committee on the 1991 Report of a 150 member National Committee on Engineering Infrastructure comprising Scientists, Engineers, Administrators, Federal and State Civil Servants, Economists, Lawyers, Bankers and Industrialists.

Professor O.O. Adewoye
O. O. Adewoye
O.O. Adewoye is the Director General and Chief Executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure , Abuja, Nigeria.-Research Activities:Dr Adewoye is currently involved in research activities in the following institutions...

 is the Director General and Chief Executive of the Agency in Abuja, Nigeria.
The Nigerian Ministry for Science and Technology is responsible for NASENI

NASENI, by its mandate and scope of operation is the Nigerian only purpose built Agency designed to conduct developmental work in the areas of manufacturing and as such, it is capable of coordinating the proliferation of technologies developed either within or outside of its Centers including patents obtained. Technologies developed in the areas of spares, components and systems engineering are to be transferred to Entrepreneurs for the production of goods and services. Nigeria can have the benefit of a rapid technological development by strengthening NASENI

NASENI operates mainly through her Development Institutes. Each of the Institutes has a unique mandate of Engineering Infrastructural development.
In August 2010 the agency said it had completed plans to establish centres of excellence and research on material science in nine universities in the Niger Delta region.
The agency has produced science kits for secondary schools, which it will distribute nationwide of funding is available.
NASENI has completed a 7.5 Megawatts Solar Panel Manufacturing Plant in Abuja
Abuja
Abuja is the capital city of Nigeria. It is located in the centre of Nigeria, within the Federal Capital Territory . Abuja is a planned city, and was built mainly in the 1980s. It officially became Nigeria's capital on 12 December 1991, replacing Lagos...

and a 10KW Hydro Power Plant at Ketti Site in Abuja.
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