NMDPRA CEO Visits NASENI, Explores Collaboration on Technology, Energy

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Rabiu Abdullahi Umar, has paid a courtesy visit to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, to explore areas of collaboration between both agencies.

Umar visited the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NASENI, Khalil Suleiman Halilu, at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja.

During the visit, the NMDPRA chief toured key NASENI facilities, including the Centre of Excellence, Innovation Hub and HatchBox, where he received insights into the agency’s efforts in technology development, innovation and commercialisation.

The engagement also focused on potential areas of collaboration, particularly the deployment of homegrown technologies and innovative solutions to support Nigeria’s energy and industrial development.

Umar commended NASENI for its efforts in advancing Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem and transforming research, engineering and technology into practical solutions capable of supporting economic growth and national development.

In his response, Halilu expressed NASENI’s readiness to deepen collaboration with relevant institutions in line with the agency’s mandate to promote technology transfer, commercialisation and sustainable industrialisation.