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L-R: Dare Odusanya, Winifred Akinpelu, Patrick Boyle, H.E. Ambassador Se\u00e1n Hoy, DDG Kenton Dashiell, Katherine Lopez, David Butler, and Layi Olatunji.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nThe visit included a brief meeting with Kenton Dashiell, Deputy Director General for Partnerships and Capacity Development, and a tour of IITA facilities including the Business Incubation Platform (BIP), specifically the pilot plants of Aflasafe, NoduMax, and GoSeed; the cassava processing facilities; and the fish ponds of the Youth Agripreneurs.\n\nAmbassador Hoy became Ireland\u2019s Ambassador to Nigeria in September 2014. He is also Ireland\u2019s Ambassador to\nGhana and the Economic Community of West African States, and the Ambassador-designate of Ireland to Senegal.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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