Nigeria is looking to speed up the implementation of its nuclear energy plan and toward that end has tagged nine universities and two polytechnics to drive the development of the local knowledge-base for the project.
Institutions chosen for the study program are Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Federal Universities of Technology, Minna and Owerri, University of Maidugiri, University of Port Harcourt and Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto. Others include University of Calabar, University of Lagos, Kaduna Polytechnic, and Federal Polytechnic, Yaba.
Dr. Alhassan Bako Zako, Minister of State for Science and Technology, while speaking at a three-day workshop on education and training for the support of nuclear power in Nigeria, said that the government is planning to train 2,000 Nigerians in nuclear science and technology over the next decade.