President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Defence Research and Development Bureau Bill, 2022, passed by the National Assembly into law.
This was made known in a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate) Babajide Omoworare, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Defence Research and Development Bureau (Establishment) Bill seeks to initiate new scientific, technological and environmental research on defence matters.
It also seeks to facilitate collaboration with other national and international institutions in the promotion and transfer of science and technology relating to defence.
Other bills signed by the President are National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons Act, 2022, the Nigerian Tourism Development Authority Act, 2022 and National Assembly Library Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, 2022.
