1/ @EmekaOkoye may I humbly add to this very valuable thread: a big vacuum in our clime is a lack of self esteem. Self esteem comes from history or great heritage,
Great heritage comes from competence.
Competence comes from knowledge.
Knowledge comes from experience(of doing)... https://twitter.com/EmekaOkoye/status/1307415369431351310">https://twitter.com/EmekaOkoy...

2/...and mentorship.
Knowledge is key, and everyone agrees education plays a big part there BUT EDUCATION TO WHAT END? What kind of education? Our history of education-without-doing breeds folk with poor knowledge and false self esteem(chip on the shoulder). To begin our...

3/...our advancement, we must (a) set clearly the "WHY" of our education. Today we educate for politics, employeeship and consumption. We need to educate for production & self-esteem development.
(b)pick 2 or 3 nation needs(represented in a technological product solution) that...

4/..has the potential to advance Nigeria the quickest. So for example ENERGY challenge is solved by using generators and generators need ELECTRIC MOTORS to run - focus on the knowledge ecosystem for motors, develop competence in making motors, so generators can be produced...

5/..locally. Here is the thing - motors are in almost every electrical/mechanical product, hence we would be able to make products that need motors to run.
I keep stressing that the advanced nations are 100-150yrs ahead of us and if we don& #39;t begin to catch up in 10-15yrs...

6/...we are doomed.
As for FIIRO, PRODA, NASENI, NOTAP we cannot leave them anymore to the @NgCivilservice (the weakest link). We have to save the civil servants from their own demons that keeps them focused on pleasing the politicians. Let& #39;s take the tech in #owode, #awka...

7/.. #yaba, #alaba, #computervillage, #nnewi and #onitsha and embed them in these flaying research institutes.
Only those who know what DESIGN and TECHNOLOGY mean can make this happen. IMHO There are quite a few of those individuals on this thread. We can do it! End.