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DG Nteranya Sanginga visits the joint Senate and House Committees on Agriculture in the National Assembly, Abuja.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nSenator Abdullahi Adamu, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, in his remarks, said \u201cThis government can only succeed if research is there. Research is fundamental to our success\u2026 IITA is all about research.\u201d Sen Adamu was reacting to the DG\u2019s presentation, which made a case for agriculture as a strategic driver of development in Nigeria.\n\nIn his concluding statement, Sen Adamu raised a wake-up call: \u201cWe must go back to agriculture! IITA is an institute that can greatly impact our efforts to improve the agricultural sector\u2026\u201d The senator had visited IITA for the first time in 2012 during a workshop organized with IITA Goodwill Ambassador, former President Olasegun Obasanjo.\n\nThe IITA contingent consisted of DG Sanginga,\u00a0 Deputy\u00a0 Director\u00a0 General\u00a0Kenton Dashiell<\/a>,\u00a0Alfred Dixon<\/a>\u00a0(Partnerships Coordination Office), Gbassey Tarawali (Outreach Coordinator, Abuja Station), Toyin Oke (RMPEL), Ayo Omopaola (IT\u00a0 Officer,\u00a0 Abuja),\u00a0 Bode\u00a0 Olaoluwa (Communication Office), Thereza Agada Ene (IYA), and Abe Baggi Zaccheaus Isuw.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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