CERAD, the Centre for Research And Development, a specialised organ of The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), was founded in 2003 and registered in 2004 by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Abuja, Nigeria as a Non-profit organisation Limited by Guarantee, and it enjoys a tax-exemption status.

The core objectives are to: identify and tailor solutions to the technological problems and needs of society through focused and need-driven research, provide the much needed impetus for the rapid technological and industrial development of the nation, serve as a linkage mechanism between the university, industry and commerce and, enhance the University-Community linkages through capacity building and development partnerships...» More