The National Mathematical Centre Abuja was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria on January 1, 1988, although the decree (Decree No. 40) giving it a legal backing as a corporate body with perpetual succession and a common seal was not promulgated until December 12, 1989. The Centre was created to develop appropriate initiatives and resources of international standing for reawakening and sustaining interest in the mathematical sciences at all levels in Nigeria, and also as an adequate…