The Federal Government has renamed the Meteorological Institute Of Science and Technology (MIST), Katsina after the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
The Institution which will now be addressed as ‘Muhammadu
Buhari Meteorological Institute of Science and Technology’ was commissioned on
Thursday by President Buhari who is on a two-day visit to the state.
Briefing the press shortly after the institute was
commissioned, the Director General, of Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET),
Prof. Mansur Bako Matazu said the institute which offers National Diploma
courses in Meteorology, Climate Change Science and other electrical and
technical related areas with NBTE accreditation is the first of its kind in
Nigeria and West-Africa.
He also noted that the institute is currently pursuing
accreditation for Higher National Diploma in Climate Change Science,
Meteorology, and Electro-Meteorological Technology so as to provide advanced
training for graduates of the institute.
According to Prof. Matazu who is also Nigeria’s Permanent
Representative with World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the institution
also offer support services and training to Meteorological personnels from
other African countries like Republic of Niger and Gambia. Both countries he
said are presently under-studying NIMET and preparing to send more than 50 of
their staff to be trained in the institute.
On the capacity of the institution to deliver on all its set
objectives, Prof. Matazu said:
“NIMET has been running training activities since 1957 with
facilitators from within the agency as well as Professors, lecturers and
researchers from other higher institutions.
“This has helped the institute achieve its goals and it
reflected in the excellent remarks given by the employers of our students who
went on industrial attachment recently.”
Furthermore, Prof Matazu noted that all over the country,
through the institute, weather in more than 41 parameters and over a 100
stations are being monitored.
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