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Gbassey Tarawali, Head of the Abuja Station, welcomes the AfDB delegation and guests.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nGbassey Tarawali<\/a>, Head of station and leader of an ongoing IITA-led AfDB-funded project ATASP 1 (Agricultural Transformation Agenda Support program) welcomed the dignitaries.\n\nGoing down memory lane, Tarawali shared moments through which the actions and goodwill of the AfDB President had brought some positive energy to the station.\n\n\u201cOn 8 October 2006 Adesina, together with Bill and Melinda Gates visited the station, and since then so much transformation has been made\u2026 as the former Minister of Agriculture of Nigeria, Adesina, laid the foundation stone for the youth training center in Abuja. Today, the center is almost ready and will be replicated in all the states of the federation including the FCT under the ENABLE Youth program in which 37,000 youths will be trained. Thank you for adding value to the effort of the IITA DG\u00a0Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>\u00a0by allowing the ATASP coordination office to be housed in Abuja; that has made a lot of difference,\u201d Tarawali said.\n\n[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=\u201d2\u2033 gal_title=\u201dwelcome to Abuja\u201d]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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