Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to President Muhammadu
Buhari, says his principal will leave Nigeria more united, prosperous and
secure than he met it.
Gambari spoke on Buhari’s behalf during a working visit to
inspect the level of work at the Agriculture Machinery and Equipment
Development Institute (AMEDI) on Sunday in Lafia, Nasarawa state capital.
He said the Buhari-led administration is committed to the
development of agriculture to raise agriculture production and its value chain,
to ensure food sufficiency in the country and exportation of agricultural
products.
He said steps had been taken to realise the increase in
agriculture production as one of the key priorities to transform the sector
from subsistence to a very sophisticated machine-driven.
He said this would bring about food sufficiency and food
security in the country and enable the exportation of agricultural products.
He commended the leadership of the National Agency for
Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for the commitment and progress
made on the project.
“President has asked me to come here to inspect and see the
tremendous physical development that is taking place in NASENI, particularly
one of the six Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institutes,” he
said.
“President Buhari regards agriculture as something very
close to his heart because he believes that the time has come when we must
produce what to eat and to eat what we produced and to ensure food sufficiency
and food security.
“He is very proud to be associated with this state, he is
very proud of the significant development that has taken place in this state,
God willing by the time of the end of his administration, he will leave Nigeria
more united, prosperous and secured than he found it.”
Earlier, Mohammed Haruna, executive vice-chairman of NASENI,
said the institute was one of the six approved by the president in 2021 to
guarantee food security and apply modern tools and equipment for mechanised
agriculture.
He added the establishment of the institute would guarantee
technology for food processing, food preservation and application of food
availability and artificial intelligence for efficient and multi-crop seasons.
Haruna said NASENI is collaborating with partners from the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Czech Republic and Italy to equip the
institute and five others with state-of-the-earth research and manufacturing
facilities, targeting the best and the highest technology in the world.
“Science, technology and innovation have always been the
source of development and prosperity of all nations,” Haruna said.
“The yardstick of measuring the willingness and readiness of
Nigeria to transit from a community-based economy to a manufacturing economy is
the degree to which NASENI’s role is applied to all aspects of our
socio-economic endeavour.”
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