Executive vice chairman/chief executive of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Prof, Mohammed Sani Haruna has said that the agency is collaborating with three countries to revolutionise agriculture in Nigeria.
According to the NASENI boss the collaboration is are Italy, the Hashmite Kingdom of Jordan and the Czech Republic in line with the Federal Government Policy on food security.
He said the three countries will offer technical assistance to the six newly-established Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institutes (AMEDI) in the country.
Haruna made the disclosures during the official working visit of the Chief of Staff to the president, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari to the Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Development Institute in Lafia, Nasarawa state.
According to a statement from NASENI media office Prof. Gambari was in the state to assess the level of work done on the project site of the institute for the North Central, which is located in Lafia.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in 2021approved the location of six AMEDI institutions in each of the geo-political zones in the country.
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