{"id":15860,"date":"2026-06-20T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/plant-health-delegation-visits-iita-abuja-in-preparation-for-international-conference\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T20:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:27:51","slug":"plant-health-delegation-visits-iita-abuja-in-preparation-for-international-conference","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/plant-health-delegation-visits-iita-abuja-in-preparation-for-international-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Plant health delegation visits IITA Abuja in preparation for international conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 1188px\">\n\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28731\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Plant-health-conference-p01-300x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1188\" height=\"594\" \/>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Abuja Station Manager Gbassey Tarawli meeting with NAQS delegates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nIn preparation for a global event that will bring quarantine service practitioners from across the world to Nigeria to deliberate on curtailing the spread of pests and diseases across continents, a three-member delegation led by Mr John Obaje, Director of Plant Quarantine Planning, Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service (NAQS), visited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>-Abuja Station on 14 February.\n\nThe purpose of the visit was to talk to IITA-Abuja about the planned conference on plant health and their intention to bring the participants to IITA for a field visit.\n\nReceiving the delegation, Head of IITA-Abuja Station, Gbassey Tarawali, expressed IITA\u2019s delight to oblige and partner with the NQAS on the proposed conference scheduled to take place in the third quarter of 2019. 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