RMRDC appoints an agriculturist as pioneer director for information and Communication department

In its repositioning strategy, the management of Raw Material Research Development (RMRDC) under the leadership of the Director General (DG) Dr. H. D Ibrahim has appointed Alhaji Usman Argungu Hassan as the first director of information and communication department which includes “Computer services division, publishing and documentation division, library division, and statistics and data management division”

The new director, Alhaji Usman Argungu is an agriculturalist with specialty on crop production, soil fertility and management, irrigation agronomy, extension services, plant breeding and seed science technology as his experience in agricultural business consultancy and professional advices to organizations and government are what will be brought to bare in this new assignment of image laundering of the council with making accurate data available just as well organized library service delivery. 

At the national level, Alhaji Usman Argungu had held various leadership positions like secretary to the implementation committee of the presidential task force on alternative formulations of livestock feeds in Nigeria, chairman, science sub-committee of the Inter-ministerial committee for the development of sheanut in Nigeria, and Secretary General of oil seed Association of Nigeria, Presidential committee on the development of vegetable oils sector of the country.

Others are scientific committee of the Nigeria-Niger border joint commission for cooperation and trans-border resources development committee, professional member of the Institute of professional Industrialist and Management development (IPIMD)