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Summary:
During the recent concluded African Union meeting, Nigeria was requested to help other African Nations with information and help on space technology. It was in 2003 that Nigeria with the help of Surrey Satellite of the United kingdom, launched a satellite named “NigeriaSat-1’ which would map out the country and as part of a disaster monitoring constellation (DMC). The proposed program would help other African countries gain space education in different levels of education in their countries. The Director-General of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Prof. Robert Ajayi Boroffice stated that another project was in the work in which a new Satellite named NigeriaSat-2 would be built by Nigerian themselves. He added Nigeria would go on and be in the forefront of Space Technology in Africa.
Important Significance:
The Idea of other African countries taking a large interest in the technological developments of Nigeria is one that is very important. It goes to show that Nigeria is paving the way for other African countries in the field of space research. This will have various economical and developmental advantages for Nigeria and other countries. Even though there were a lot of critics that did not agree with the space research proposal, it can now been seeing that it is already having a positive impact on the country. Nigeria could well be on its way to been the most advanced space research center in Africa.

http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article05