Today at the senate house, there was a wild drama as the senates had an argument on the benefit of the popular well known Nigerian delicacy Kilishi..
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The Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Ibrahim briefed the senators on the activities of his agency, caused a stir when he said the Kilishi technology was the only major breakthrough it had successfully developed for commercial use. Kilishi is a locally spiced roasted meat made of beef, and it is very popular in the northern part of Nigeria.
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The Chairman of the Senate panel, Senator Uche Ekwunife, had asked the DG to tell Nigerians what specific raw material the agency had successfully produced in the country in partnership with other research institutes.
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Ekwunife said, “Your core mandate is to develop local materials. Can you tell us the local raw materials you have developed in the areas of health, brewery, construction, science, and technology, or agriculture?
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“Just give us the synopsis of what you have developed or generated for local industries. Tell us about your breakthrough.”
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An elated Ibrahim proudly told the panel that despite its lack of laboratory, the 33-year-old agency had succeeded in producing the local meat delicacy for commercial production as part of the agency’s breakthrough.
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He said, “We have developed two varieties of Sorghum. We collaborated with agricultural research institutes, pharmaceutical industries because we produce ethanol from it and that is the basic raw material for the production of sanitizers.
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“Also from the same Sorghum, we developed other products like Glucose syrup, livestock feeds, material the stage where Nigeria would no longer through processes”