PZ Cussons Nigeria PLC has donated equipment to upgrade Chemical Engineering and Chemistry laboratories at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike.
Speaking at the occasion, the CEO of the company, represented by Supply Chain Director, Africa, Ifeanyichukwu Abadom, said the donation is in fulfilment of the tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between PZ Cussons, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), and five other universities to support NOTAP-initiated research upgrade laboratory project.
Also, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Esuabana Asanye, commended the company for partnering with NOTAP in providing research infrastructure in the universities thereby enhancing local research capacity.
The project is to deepen NOTAP’s mandate of entrenching technology acquisition and encouraging Nigerian industries to explore and patronize abundant intellectual resources in our research institutions.
In her remarks, the Acting Director-General, NOTAP, Dr Idoreyin Imiyoho commended the partnership between PZ Cussons and NOTAP in upgrading the laboratories.
She acknowledged PZ Cussons as the only industry to partner in the project’ since its inception in 2014.
In his response, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Maduebibisi Iwe, expressed his appreciation to PZ Cussons and NOTAP for ‘the first of its kind intervention’ to the departments coming at a critical time when the university budget is low.
The project is to deepen NOTAP’s mandate of entrenching technology acquisition and encouraging Nigerian industries to explore and patronize abundant intellectual resources in our research institutions.
