Education stakeholders have reiterated  the need  for academicians to concentrate on solutions-driven research just as  international researchers at the on going International Conference on Knowledge and Innovation Management hosted by Babcock University said ”Government is  not  perusing  research, because they are not impactful”. They disclosed that for research  to be impactful, it must be contemporary and  solve contemporary  problems  while they stressed that  the  challenge  generally is the need for stakeholders in academics to be pragmatic  and  for  government to provide conducive atmosphere for research .

 Prof. Pat Utomi, a renowned political economist, on Wednesday decried poor funding of researches and the under usage of its outcomes for socioeconomic benefits.

Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC in Delta State and a governorship aspirant on the party platform, Prof Pat Utomi has challenged Chief Great Ogboru, to test his claimed popularity by agreeing to direct primary to prove how popular he is among party faithful.

PROFESSOR Pat Utomi has said that the  leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State would not affect the fortunes of the party in next year’s general polls.

RENOWNED communicator, political economist and chairman, Centre for Values and Leadership, CVL, Prof Pat Utomi has said that the economy of media practitioners in Nigeria diminishes its capacity for performance as journalists are financially handicapped to carry out their duties as members of the Fourth Estate of the Realm.