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(2023)
SECTION 1
(1) There is established the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (in this Act referred to as “the Institute”).
(2) The Institute-
(a) shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal;
(b) may sue or be sued in its corporate name; and
(c) may acquire, hold movable or immovable property and enter into contract or any other transaction for the purposes of performing any of its functions under this Act.
Establishment of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research.
SECTION 2
The Institute shall-
(a) conduct industrial research up to pilot plants for the development of the micro, small, medium and large scale industries in Nigeria;
(b) conduct research and development into- (i) foods and agro-allied processing technology, (ii) Pulp and Paper technology, (iii) product design and packaging, and (iv) design and fabrication of processing equipment
(c) render consultancy services to evaluate the technical and economic viability of technology-based enterprises;
(d) provide technical assistance services for the growth of indigenous services;
(e) assist in accelerating the industrialisation of the Nigeria economy through research programmes and technology development;
(f) promote the establishment and growth of intermediate product industries;
(g) identify indigenous technologies in the areas of foods, non-foods processing and develop them into modern technology;
(h) assist in the transfer, adaptation and utiliation of technologies by industries through organised technology transfer and techno- entrepreneurship development programmes and other means that will ensure the end results of research carried out get to the relevant end users for rapid industrialisation and socio-economic growth of Nigeria;
(i) carry out appropriate research to ensure compliance with standards and specifications designated by the Institute and approved by other regulatory authorities in Nigeria for effective control of quality of foods and other industrial products;
(j) establish and equip research and development laboratories with relevant standard facilities for the Institute;
(k) conduct, review and supervise research and development program and projects in local foods and agro-allied processing, pulp and paper processing, product design and packaging technologies, design and fabrication of prototype processing equipment;
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