“The creative thinking capacity of our youths can be expressed and productively harnessed through encouragement, capacity building and maximisation of potential and an enabling environment, as the state will not relent in its effort to provide well-equipped science laboratories in all schools.”
In her address, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Ibilola Kasunmu, noted that the state government has introduced the initiative of tackling the effects of carbon footprints through a school competition in which students will bring up initiatives to mitigate the effects of carbon. In his remark, the Chairman House Committee on Science and Technology, Olanrewaju Afinni, urged stakeholders to continue to maintain the objectives of World Science Day for Peace and Development through public awareness of the role of science in society.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.