Oba Adeola Adeniyi Ajakaiye JP, the Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti receiving a portrait presentation by both the Chairman, Governing Council, Prof. Funso Afolabi and Rector, Yaba College of Technology, Dr Engr Ibraheem Abdul during a partnership visit to the college. Credit: YABATECH
The Chairman, Governing Council of Yaba College of Technology, Prof. Funso Afolabi, has said that Nigeria’s tertiary institutions have the capacity to develop innovative security technologies and community-based solutions to address the country’s evolving security challenges.
Afolabi stated this during a visit by the Oluyin of Iyin-Ekiti Kingdom, Oba Adeola Ajakaiye, to YABATECH.
Afolabi said universities and polytechnics have the intellectual resources and research capacity required to design home-grown technological solutions that can support national security objectives.
He identified security technology as one of several strategic areas where collaboration between educational institutions and communities could generate socio-economic benefits.
