Genetic Engineering technocrats from National Biotechnology Development Agency ( NABDA) and West Africa, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) have both commended Nigeria farmers for their resilience against hunger.
Genetic Engineering technocrats from National Biotechnology Development Agency ( NABDA) and West Africa, African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) have both commended Nigeria farmers for their resilience against hunger.
L-R: Dr Canisius Kanangire, AATF
Executive Director, Dr Goodluck Jonathan,former President of Nigeria, Prof.
Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, National Agricultural Extension Research
and Liaison Services.
Former Nigeria President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has accepted AATF’s appointment as Africa’s Ambassador for Agricultural Technology.
Science experts at the public hearing organized by Senate Committee on Environment to amend 2015 National Biosafety Management Act ( NBMA) have rejected the move made by the distinguished members, saying the action would retrogress science development in Nigeria.
The Director General (DG), National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) Dr. Rufus Ebegba has warned Federal Government (FG) not to allow foreign donors to champion funding of the safety regulations of the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) products, just as he hailed the Federal high court judgment delivered last week Wednesday.
The Director General, National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha has reiterated that traditional farming will not be able to sustain food security without the use of modern day technologies as population keeps increasing in Nigeria.
President Mohammed Buhari has signed into law the 2022 National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) establishment bill which by provision has empowered it to be able to research more into genetically modified technology crops towards food security.
The application of Genetically Modified Crops (GMOs)
technology into our food security programme has a solution to avert people from
going to sleep without food in their stomachs, said the DG/CEO National
Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA), Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha. Prof.
Mustapha stated this at a GMO food largess hosted by Open Forum for
Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) as guests were treated to delicacies made
from bt cowpea beans.
The director, Programme Development and Commercialization at African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Dr. Emmanuel Okogbenin. |