NABDA Chief: Nigeria Must Embrace Biotech
December 11, 2013| |
Prof. Bamidele Solomon, Director-General, National Biotechnology Technology Development Agency (NABDA), said that Nigeria was yet to benefit from the great potentials of biotechnology. He said this during the November meeting of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB). He also said that Nigerians must let go of their fears and start embracing biotechnology for the good of their future generations. Solomon described biotech as a fast moving train which must be used to get to the country's desired destination–"place of agricultural dominance and unfathomable growth, a place of hope and plenty...the promised land of agriculture." Solomon also narrated the benefits of the technology which are being experienced in the adopting countries.
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