Friday 3 October 2014

COURTESY VISIT OF MD/CEO BANK OF INDUSTRY (BOI) TO FIIRO

The MD/CEO Bank of Industry Mr Rasheed Adejare Olaoluwa paid a courtesy visit to the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi in order to enhance Linkage between Innovation Centres and Industry.
This necessitated discussions on collaboration and mutual agreement on various national issues to drive social-economic development for the sustenance of enterprises especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria.
The salient points were viewed as a step in the right direction for the actualization of the common heritage and mandate of the two organisations especially in the areas of financing investments in locally developed technologies. This is expected to accelerate economic advancement through job creation, poverty alleviation and youth & women empowerment based on value addition in agro-allied industries for the industrialization of Nigeria.

FIIRO HOLDS ROUNDTABLE SCIENTIFIC MEETING ON NUTRACEUTICALS AND MANAGEMENT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE

About 5% of the world’s population is affected with haemoglobin disorders with an estimated 300,000 babies born with severe haemoglobin disorders annually in Africa and about 150,000 of them are Nigerians. Statistics have also shown that over 40 million Nigerians are sickle cell gene carriers.
To ameliorate the suffering of the people suffering from sickle cell disease, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi initiated a programme on development of nutraceutical products (Food supplement) and has developed some novel nutraceutical products suitable for the management of sickle cell anaemic condition.
In order to enhance the development of the products, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi in collaboration with Temitayo Awosika Help Foundation organized a Roundtable Scientific Meeting to subject the products to expert critique on Tuesday, 19th August, 2014 at Akinrele International Auditorium, FIIRO. The theme of the meeting is “Improving Sickle Cell Anemia Management- The Nutraceutical Approach”

FIIRO HOLDS CASSAVA BREAD RECIPE CONFIRMATION EXERCISE

It is a common knowledge that there are many recipes for cassava bread developed by various institutions in Nigeria. Some have come up with cassava bread recipe including egg, milks etc which make such recipes unprofitable and more importantly unsustainable. The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has sponsored many trainings for Master Bakers with each training institution sometimes using their own recipes to train. This has raised the issue of standardization of recipes which the Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development bought into and directed the Institute to carry out Cassava Bread Recipe Confirmation Exercise with all stakeholders in attendance with a view to evolving a national recipe for cassava bread.

Wednesday 9 July 2014

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIIRO 2014 INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK


FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH OSHODI
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF FIIRO 2014 INVESTMENT AND TECHNOLOGY WEEK
THEME: SUSTAINABLE JOB CREATION THROUGH FIIRO TECHNOLOGIES
The 2014 FIIRO Investment & Technology Week scheduled to hold in the third quarter of the year will showcase an assembly of new technologies and products developed in the Institute. The event will attract Technology Providers, F...inancial Institutions, Agencies and Departments in the Federal Ministries of Science & Technology, Agriculture, Trade & Investment, SME Service Providers, Youth Empowerment Program Facilitators & Innovative Research & Development Technology Producers who shall be there as participants and exhibitors .
The official venue is the Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi.
The event will be declared open by His Excellency, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
For enquires on sponsorship, adverts or exhibitions, Please call:

Deji Oyediran
08037201569
deji.oyediran@fiiro.gov.ng

OR

Yeside Adesiyun
080270389665
yeside.adesiyun@fiiro.gov.ng