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Local Organising Committee Chairman's opening Remarks at The 2020 International Virtual Conference

So, our theme this year is “Overcoming the impact of covid-19 pandemic: An operational research optimisation approach”.

PRESIDENT IORMS ADDRESSES PARTICIPANTS OF IORMS 2020 INTERNATIONAL VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

The fact that the research world with its huge intellectual endowment and human capital have not been able to emerge from the rubbles of the devastation and wanton damage unleashed on it by the virus with a positive cure almost two years after its discovery shows the level of unpreparedness and confusion to which the human community had been subjected during the period. Unfortunately, the virus continues to rides freely over the global terrain damaging without serious check the human and material resources of the world.

‘Operational research crucial’ – The Nation Nigeria News

“Anywhere we are,we will face resource limitation,many times urgency will develop, sometimes emergency will develop and global demand will always be with us,on top of all of these,we now face the COVID-19 pandemic.We must usher in all intellectual resources under the umbrella of operational research to do the best job we can do,”