The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has called on tertiary institutions and research institutes in the country to align to the reforms of President Bola Tinubu’s administration through research and what they teach.

Alausa who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the maiden National Research Fair/Exhibition organised by the Tertiary Education Trust Fair, urged the institutions to contribute their quota in addressing the nation’s development challenges.

He said: “Once upon a time, not so many centuries ago, there was a poor continent. Its name was Europe. “Then it discovered three things: The rule of law; The free market, and research-based innovation. Now it is rich.

“The same thing later happened in North America, with the same consequences, and it is now happening in Asia. “The success of our vision and development agenda largely depends on if Nigeria will also learn from these experiences.

“The funding and all financial institutions including the commercial banks to also reform their support to government to strategically support Nigerians to establish small and medium enterprises using home-grown technologies.”