Nigerian astronauts will be in space in 2015 -Centre

By Ademola Oni, Abeokuta

The Centre for Space Science and Technology Education says the nation's quest to have its astronauts in space will not linger as the centre has set a target of 2015 to launch Nigerian astronauts into the orbit.





Speaking to journalists at the end of a one-day workshop for students of 50 secondary schools in Ogun West in Owode-Yewa on Wednesday, the Executive Director, CSSTE, Prof. Oluwagbemiga Jegede, said the agency had concluded arrangements to set up a space science museum at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 2009.

Jegede, who said the centre, based in OAU, is an arm of the National Space Research and Development Agency, added that the NASRDA was already collaborating with the Federal Ministry of Education to strengthen the science curricular in secondary schools.

This initiative, he said, was bound to encourage the involvement of more young minds in space science.

Without explaining the advances made toward achieving the ambitious goal of six years, he said the museum would serve as a rendezvous for students, researchers and academics.

"The museum is meant to fire up the creative instinct of the space scientists, which will enable them to manufacture products that can shore up the profile of Nigeria in the area of space science," he said.

He explained that no fewer than 400 schools had registered for the Youths Inspirational Competition, an initiative of the CSSTE.

At the workshop, the Principal-General of Yewa Zone, Mrs. Ebunoluwa Olurin, lauded the mission of the facilitators of the workshop and promoter of GEM's International School, Mr. Abiodun Akinlade, a member of the House Representatives.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Iyabo Odulate, noted that the state government had taken funding of education beyond rhetorics since 2003.

Represented by a Deputy Director, Mr. Olawale Opaleye, Odulate said the state met the UNESCO standard of 26 per cent budgetary provision for education in the outgoing year.

Jegede explained that the centre had seen the advantage in the bottom-top approach to developing space science, saying the teachers were key in the strategy.

"Teachers are being taken seriously in this strategy unlike the top-bottom method which gives instructions to the lower rung of the stakeholders within the system," he said.

He added that the centre had been involved in capacity-building for the English-speaking African countries as students from 15 Anglophone nations had been trained at the postgraduate level in the centre in OAU.

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how?

how?

By launching our rocket soon. The name of our rocket is NAIJA 1. Beware of your head in case it runs out of fuel and fall back on earth.

Make I no laugh because the laugh fit become a treasonable offense. Why we dey like make fool of ourselves?. road no dey, food no dey, electricity no dey and na to go moon drop our flag dey hungry us. I am sure that even if they succeed, they will not put their flag there because they will forget it on earth before leaving.

Muza:

how?

indigenous technology, ayamatanga

earTHMama:

By launching our rocket soon. The name of our rocket is NAIJA 1. Beware of your head in case it runs out of fuel and fall back on earth.

rotflmao

@post
Say what? Year 2000 and wetin?

Make I no laugh because the laugh fit become a treasonable offense. Why we dey like make fool of ourselves?. road no dey, food no dey, electricity no dey and na to go moon drop our flag dey hungry us.  I am sure that even if they succeed, they will not put their flag there because they will forget it on earth before leaving

Una no serious. We must get there by 2015 or even less. It's imperative we delve into space program as soon as possible. America and Russia do not have two heads. At least we can achieve something before Brits. SPACE R US.

Aloy.Emeka:

Make I no laugh because the laugh fit become a treasonable offense. Why we dey like make fool of ourselves?. road no dey, food no dey, electricity no dey and na to go moon drop our flag dey hungry us. I am sure that even if they succeed, they will not put their flag there because they will forget it on earth before leaving.

r.o.t.f.l.m.a.o

ol boi a! make de astronuts b ibb,buhari,gowon,obj,yar no doer and make dey lost like dat satellite

superboi:

ol boi a! make de astronuts b ibb,buhari,gowon,obj,yar no doer and make dey lost like that satellite

U're funny.

ol boi a! make de astronuts b ibb,buhari,gowon,obj,yar no doer and make dey lost like that satellite

They are not qualified to walk the moon. can't we send you to the space?

Great news

God had finally answered our prayers. We should gather all our past leaders into the space craft and take them on a flight to the moon.

Great news

God had finally answered our prayers. We should gather all our past leaders into the space craft and take them on a flight to the moon.

We can also stuff Yaradua in the rocket's attachment seat.

the only space we r heading iss, no space

Hahahahahahahahahhaha. I cant stop laughing. Assuming they get there, what next

This is too funny.

I think Nigerian government should be given an award as the "Comedy government for the year" anything like that ?

because News Headlines from Nigeria are something else

I think Nigerian government should be given an award as the "Comedy government for the year" anything like that ?

because News Headlines from Nigeria are something else

I think Nigerian government should be given an award as the "Comedy government for the year" anything like that ?

because News Headlines from Nigeria are something else

The young shall grow. Nigeria is Africa's China.

The young shall grow. Nigeria is Africa's China.

Are you talking about the famous musician?

@ Topic,
Where u dey since Nigerian witches don dey go space tay tay. Since 1815. Nigeria was one of the first nation to send emissaries to Space.

dayokanu:

Are you talking about the famous musician?

@ Topic,
Where u dey since Nigerian witches don dey go space tay tay. Since 1815. Nigeria was one of the first nation to send emissaries to Space.

Nigeria wonder !!!

Please Let us name the crew that will be on that flight

1 Yarnodua
2 Thief Mrs Waziri - Efcc destroyer
3 Thief Lucky Igbinedion
4 ,

LMFAO, y'all funny as hell!!! Especially the one about the witches!!