The National Mathematical Centre says it plans to collaborate with the Federal University of Technology, Minna, and the National Open University of Nigeria to strengthen teaching, learning, and research in Mathematical Sciences.

The chief executive of the centre, Promise Mebine, said this during a meeting of its governing council, according to a statement on Friday.

Mr Mebine said the partnerships aim to enhance academic activities, leading to the award of postgraduate degrees in various areas, including Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Theoretical Physics, Statistics, and Computer Science.

According to him, the collaboration with FUTMinna will enable the Centre to run postgraduate diplomas, master’s, and doctoral programmes in the Mathematical Sciences.

He added that the affiliation with NOUN would further establish the centre as a Centre of Excellence in the Mathematical Sciences, with support from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund.

He explained that these initiatives were part of ongoing efforts to prepare the Centre for conversion into a specialised National University of Mathematical Sciences.

“The NOUN Centre of Excellence with TETFund will help address the critical shortage of high-level manpower in Mathematical Sciences across industries and academia,” Mr Mebine said.

He further said that the Centre’s programmes would produce experts in both core and emerging fields such as Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic Geometry, Theoretical Physics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.

He said these areas were essential for generating impactful research outputs that would strengthen Nigeria’s technological and industrial advancement.

Mr Mebine also called for the speedy amendment of the act establishing the Centre to facilitate its conversion to the proposed National University of Mathematical Sciences.

He said doing so would position Nigeria as a regional hub for advanced mathematical education and innovation.