The Minister of Science, Dr. Abdu Bulama said yesterday that the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASDRA) would facilitate the building and launching of the made in Nigeria satellite which would be ready by 2018, Guardian reports.
“They (NASRDA) should be able to meet the target of 2018 to produce a Nigerian satellite.” The minister said.
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President Goodluck Jonathan had last year launched the National Space Council with a charge to design a made in Nigeria satellite.
Members of the Council include the President as Chairman, the Vice President, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Attorney General/Minister of Justice, Minister of Science & Technology, Minister of Communication Technology, Minister of Defence, Minister of National Planning, Minister of Education, Minister of Interior, National Security Adviser, Director General, NASRDA and Secretary to Council, Prof. V.O.S Olunloyo, Prof. Francisca Okeke and Prof. E.D. Mishelia.
The president had charged the National Space Research and Development Agency to develop the capacity to design a made in Nigeria Satellite and launch the satellite from Nigerian soil in the very near future.
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It will be recalled that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture earlier in the year revealed its plan of working on a comprehensive livestock information system that will require all cattle in the country to carry electronic chips while satellite imagery and remote sensing technology are deployed to track their movements.
However this was purely a security measure aimed at curbing the incessant clashes between fulani herdsmen and farmers.
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