{"id":17314,"date":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-lauds-iita-kano-staff-during-visit\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:43:15","slug":"dg-sanginga-lauds-iita-kano-staff-during-visit","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/dg-sanginga-lauds-iita-kano-staff-during-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"DG Sanginga lauds IITA-Kano staff during visit"},"content":{"rendered":"DG\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/sanginga-nteranya-e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nteranya Sanginga<\/a>\u00a0paid a courtesy visit to IITA Kano station on 27 July to monitor ongoing projects and research activities. During his welcome meeting, the DG congratulated staff members for their hard work and efforts in making IITA what it is today. He stressed that his priority is staff wellbeing but emphasized that duties should be handled diligently. He spoke about his game-changing strategies and his four major initiatives, which are the Business Incubation Platform, working with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.afdb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banque africaine de d\u00e9veloppement<\/a>, the IITA Youth Agripreneurs, and R4D. He also encouraged IITA Kano to have an identity. In his words he said \u201cthe world should know what Kano station stands for\u201d.\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1055\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 631px\">\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/476_dg.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1055\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/476_dg.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus\" width=\"631\" height=\"436\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1055\" \/><\/a>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DG Nteranya Sanginga (left) is shown the recent research developments within IITA-Kano campus<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe DG was taken around the station to see improvements, developments, and some of the research carried\u00a0out within the campus. He was taken to the new building and offices, then to an ongoing research on the effect of shade on cowpea and backcrosses of some selected varieties of cowpea.\n\nDG Sanginga was also accompanied to Minjibir Local Government Area of the state to see some more research being undertaken by scientists. He commended every effort towards research which is targeted for development and proffered advice on some of the plots. On the Agripreneurs tomato fields, he encouraged the use of a greenhouse to check and regulate disease\/pest infestations while he requested a business plan for the Livestock farm.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DG Nteranya Sanginga paid a courtesy visit to IITA Kano station on 27 July to monitor ongoing projects and research activities.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":17315,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[2213],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[194],"class_list":["post-17314","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bulletin-no-2337nteranya-sanginga","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-194"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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