The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved Nigeria’s revised National Biotechnology Policy 2026, marking a major policy development aimed at strengthening the country’s use of biotechnology for economic and national development. The approval was given at the FEC meeting held on Wednesday and presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, according to a statement issued on Thursday by Toyin Omozuwa, Press Secretary of the National Biotechnology Research and Development Agency (NBRDA), Abuja. The revised policy replaces the country’s 2001 biotechnology policy, updating the framework after 25 years of major scientific and...