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.