Nteranya Sanginga, DG of (IITA), says leadership is the greatest impediment to agricultural revolution and transformation in Nigeria.
Jemilat NasiruNteranya Sanginga, director-general of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture , says leadership is the greatest impediment to agricultural revolution and transformation in Nigeria and Africa.
“Leadership is the major problem. If I want to give an example, when I became DG in 2011, I was lucky to have my friend [Akinwumi] Adesina as the minister of agriculture and in 5 years, he changed the face of agriculture and when he was replaced, his successor basically somersaulted all his policies and all that he did between 2011 and 2015 went down the drain. So, yes, the major constraint to agricultural transformation is leadership,” Sanginga said.
Sanginga, a Congolese and the first African to lead the institute, said when he assumed office in 2011, he met a weak and minimally productive IITA.
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