The Minister gave this assurance at the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) Zonal Headquarters Nnewi, while inspecting state of the infrastructure to complement the government’s programme geared towards reducing structural failure in the country.
He assured that the research institutes in country will play important role in ensuring that standard is maintained in the deployment of appropriate research infrastructure that will meet the country's demands and needs as a nation.
Ogbonaya Onu lamented the level of decay he saw at the nation research institutes, promised to revamp the institutes by providing them with up-to-date equipment and infrastructure that will meet up with the nation demands to achieve quality service delivery to the public.
On his part, the Director General, Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, Professor Danladi Slim-Matawal, urged Nigerians to patronize locally made products, as regards the nation building and roads infrastructure materials, he assured of the institutes resolve to make available the expertise needed to deliver on its mandate.
Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NDRRI) is expected to leverage on its mandate to help science and technology play a key role in the efficient utilization of locally available raw materials resulting in diversifying the economy which will further assist in job creation, indigenous capacity building and poverty reduction