Obasanjo made his thoughts known in Ibadan on Saturday at the inauguration of Sen. Abiola Ajimobi Ring Road held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture .
The former president appealed to Ajimobi to allow the IITA Director General to present the 25-year Agriculture Policy Framework to the incoming governor of Oyo State. Obasanjo, who is also a goodwill ambassador of IITA, expressed appreciation to Ajimobi for his support to the institute. “I am happy today to develop a 25-year Agriculture Policy Framework for Oyo State. I am sure that the implementation of this policy will place the state as the food basket of Nigeria,” he said.
Sanginga also commended the government of Nigeria and the AfDB for their support towards the construction of the building.
very difficult to implement policy when there's been an wholesale policy of looting the national and state level cake. add in the chop chop delay of cases judges and the problems continue.
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