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  • Sep 16, 2011
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September 16th, 2011
Nigeria: National Satellites Will Aid Disaster Monitoring – Govt

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The recently launched Nigerian earth observation satellites will significantly boost the country’s capabilities for natural resource management as well aid disaster relief through the Disaster Monitoring Constellation, the Minister of Science and Technology, Prof Ita Okon Bassey Ewa, has said. Speaking in Abuja while presenting his ministry’s scorecard in the last 100 days, Prof Ewa said the two satellites which were wholly designed and built by Nigerian engineers would enhance transformation in the key sectors of the economy. Read More