Mr Alausa said Nigeria had invested substantially in research across universities.
He called for sustainable reforms that would ensure over 40 per cent annual growth.
The University of Lagos will confer an honorary Doctor of Science on WTO’s director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at its 55th convocation.
NESG has stressed the importance of conducting the National Housing and Population Census in attaining the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
“We think that the best reforms in this world, if you do not sequence them properly, can be devastating,” he stated.
