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Board Chair Amos Namanga Ngongi cuts the ribbon to open the new Tissue Culture<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nOn 30 November, the 2018 P4D Week closed with the commissioning of the Tissue Culture Building. The event, which was anchored by\u00a0Katherine Lopez<\/a>, Head of Communication, was attended by a thousand staff members led by IITA Director General\u00a0Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>, all the Deputy Director Generals, IITA Board Chair Amos\u00a0Namanga Ngongi<\/a>, and Board members, including partners.\n\nDuring the first part of the program launching the new Tissue Culture Building,\u00a0Mercy Diebiru-Ojo<\/a>, IITA Seed System Specialist who is also in charge of the\u00a0IITA GoSeed Limited<\/a>, gave a brief background on the newly completed structure: \u201cThe building is funded by the Nigerian government with a loan from the\u00a0Banque Africaine de D\u00e9veloppement (BAD)<\/a>\u00a0\u00e0 travers\u00a0Nigeria Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support Program (ATASP)<\/a>. Last year, during the 50th year celebration, we had the groundbreaking performed by His Excellency,\u00a0Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, AfDB President.<\/a>\u201d\n\nDiebiru-Ojo further explained the need for the Tissue Culture Building: \u201cIITA<\/a>\u00a0has put a lot of effort into the production of good varieties of crops, but there is the need to scale these varieties out. This is basically what GoSeed is doing, and will continue this, in this building, on a commercial scale.\u201d\n\nIn his remarks, IITA DDG-P4D Kenton Dashiell spoke of the importance of the Tissue Culture Lab as a testament of IITA\u2019s commitment to its vision. He said: \u201cThe buildings that we have in\nIITA, all over Africa, are very important because they show the countries where we are working that we are serious. We are here to stay; we have buildings that we own and we are part of developing their countries.\u201d\n\nDashiell applauded DG Sanginga for his visionary and dynamic leadership in getting the Institute to this point. He also welcomed and appreciated the partners on the project noting that the goal of transforming African agriculture can only be achieved through the right partnerships, both in the the public and private sectors.\n\nThe dedication of the building was finalized with a symbolic ribbon cutting anchored by the Board Chair Namanga Ngongi. Diebiru-Ojo then conducted a tour of the facility which will house tissue culture activities on a commercial scale.\n\nThe team will be offering clientele services for rapid multiplication of crops in conjunction with private partners,\u00a0Contec Global and Nigeria Flour Mills<\/a>. The building will house different offices such as the Development and Delivery office led by Director\u00a0Alfred Dixon<\/a>, the Business Incubation Platform office led by Chief Executive Officer\u00a0Frederick Schreurs<\/a>, the TAAT office headed by the Program Management Unit Coordinator\u00a0Chrysantus Akem<\/a>, and the mechanization offices.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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