L-R- Former Nigeria President, and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo; IITA Director General, Dr Nteranya Sanginga; and Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi during the commissioning of projects in IITA today Nigeria’s former President and IITA Goodwill Ambassador, COlusegun Obasanjo and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, on Saturday commissioned two key projects at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan— an Agricultural Transformation Building dedicated...
The building, which was funded by the African Development Bank through a Nigerian project— Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Programme — comprises 22 offices, 8 large laboratory spaces, a conference room, and a utility facility. “Today Oyo state is the best place to invest and promote agriculture because we have IITA located in the state,” he said.
Dr Sanginga also commended the government of Nigeria and the AfDB for their support towards the construction of the building, adding that it would accelerate the pace of research and accommodate the best/critical human and material resource needed to bring transformation to the agricultural sector. Based on this request, IITA worked with the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research , the state ministry of agriculture, and the Oyo State Agricultural Development Programme to produce the framework.
Dr Dixon said that Oyo state can capitalize on the policy framework to attract private capital in the agricultural space.
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