The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), has indicated interest to collaborate with Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in the area of research.
Dr. Emmanuel Sambo Mamman the team leader of the Senior Executive Course 45 of the institute disclosed this when they visited NiMet headquarters.
Sambo Mamman who doubles as the Institute’s librarian, highlighted the functions of the NIPSS and its activities, stating that the institute is the centre for research and dialogue for academics and policy makers.
He said that participants are drawn from the public and private sectors of Nigeria, and converge annually in order to solve problems of Nigerian society.
The Institute’s librarian revealed that the Senior Executive Course programme is the flagship programme of the institute and runs for ten months.
He pointed out that the programme is driven by a theme given by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria every year and the theme for this year is “Industrialisation, Climate Change and Energy Security in Nigeria with emphasis on Issues, Challenges and Prospects”
Speaking about the purpose of their visit, Sambo Mamman said, “We are here because we think your organisation is strategic to the theme for the set of 2023”.
He said that the participants are expected to conduct a research and their reason for coming is to gather information for the research after which they will produce a final report which would be presented to the President.
While presenting his address, the Director General of NiMet, Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu described NiMet as an extension of the University and noted that their main duty is to collect, collate and produce products and services in all socio economic sectors of Nigeria that are climate induced or influenced.
Matazu added that almost all the socio economic sectors are climate induced or influenced and this shows how relevant NiMet services are to the existence of this country, stressing that the agency has data dating as far back as 100 years.
He cited how the intervention of NiMet saved CBN about N120 billion because they adhered to NiMet’s weather advisory.
Part of the visit included presentations by Prof Matazu and by the Director Research and Training in NiMet, Prof. Effiom Essien Oku, even as the participants were taken on a tour of NiMet facilities.
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