FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PLAN TO SEND FIRST NIGERIAN TO SPACE.

The Director General of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, MATHEW ADEPOJU has announced that they are sending Nigeria’s first citizen into space.

ADEPOJU at a press conference in Abuja yesterday said that the government had signed a Memorandum of Understanding MoU, with the Space Exploration and Research Agency SERA, to facilitate the ambitious venture.

He stated that the collaboration, which is coming to the country, marks a significant milestone in Nigeria’s 25th anniversary of the Space Exploration journey and opens new opportunities for scientific research and technological advancement.

Meanwhile, NASRDA recently criticized the lack of patronage for homegrown technology to fight maritime insecurity, stressing that 90 percent of security challenges facing the maritime sector in the country can be tackled by Geo-Stationary Satellite.