{"id":12720,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/sanginga-to-stay-on-as-dg-until-2021-iita-bot-confirms\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:44:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:44:34","slug":"sanginga-to-stay-on-as-dg-until-2021-iita-bot-confirms","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/sanginga-to-stay-on-as-dg-until-2021-iita-bot-confirms\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanginga to stay on as DG until 2021, IITA BoT confirms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1042\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bulletin.iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/1024_DG.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1042 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1024_DG-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga.\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1042\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DG Sanginga.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThrough an email circulated to all IITA staff by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/coulmanbruce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Coulman<\/a>, Chair of the IITA Board of Trustees (BoT), on 28 July, the IITA BoT has officially confirmed the acceptance of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/sanginga-nteranya-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>\u00a0of its offer for an additional five years at the helm of the Institute.\n\nIn his communication, the BoT Chair said, \u201con behalf of the Board of Trustees of IITA, I am pleased to announce that Nteranya Sanginga has accepted our offer of an additional five-year term as Director General, beginning 1 November 2016.\u201d\n\n\u201cIITA has undergone a period of unprecedented growth in its science capacity under Sanginga\u2019s first five years of leadership. 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