Nigeria Center for disease Control (NCDC) had validated the first phase of the extraction of the viral ribronucleic acid (RNA) which would enable mass and cheap local reagents for the testing of the COVID -19 virus. The reagents is in global shortage, so this breakthrough would enable Nigerians carry out more than 20,000 test a day, to help fight the spread of the coronavirus.
The validation took place at the National Biotechnology Development Agency in Abuja Nigeria. This success is not limited to Nigeria along but to Africa as a whole, the project is to help put an end to the shortage of reagents for testing the virus in the whole of Africa. The project is a Pan-African project which include, Ethiopia, NCDC, University of Sheffield Uk and many others with the African Development Bank to support funding.
Interestingly, the RNASwift Test kit was developed by a Nigerian Dr Alison Nwokeoji at the University of Sheffield, Uk. This comes to say, Nigerians could be productive if the government could take care of their needs rather than causing Asuu to always go on strike, IPPIS saga and a way to cut done the allowances of lecturers who do the research. Well it is a good thing that Nigeria is involved in this historical project; more powers to your elbows.
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