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Fayemis Victory : Akeredolu commends Ekiti people
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meanwhile the ondo governor has called on development partners and the organised private sector to invest more funds on agricultural research in nigeria1 akeredeolu spoke to journalists in the hague the netherlands on tuesday on the margins of president buharis official visit to the netherlands1 the victory of fayemi is a product of research. we have a party at the centre controlling 24 states. i was part of the campaign and the people of ekiti were tired of being a lone state in the south west that were not part of the federal set up1 they were like a sore thumb being the only state in the south west not governed by apc so the people had to key into the great project called nigeria that we are trying to reinvent1 the people were ready to restore their land and values back because the values were lost. the people went out to vote in ekiti to make sure that the reclaim their values he said1 the governor who is part of the presidents delegation to the european country commended the people of theneighbouringekiti for keying into the great nigeria project under an apc-led administration1 he made the appeal after a tour of a research centre for greenhouses in bleiswijk in the western netherlands operated by wageningen university and research centre wur one of the worlds top agricultural research institution1 what is clear at wur is that a lot of the research work here are being sponsored by companies who are interested in agriculture. my takeaway from this visit is why companies banks in nigeria not interested in investing on agriculture research1 i know research like this are capital intensive therefore something has to be done. we must have policy that will encourage private companies in nigeria to finance researches on agriculture he said1 the governor was among a high-level delegation that visited wur in the course of president buharis ongoing three-day visit to the netherlands1 others who accompanied him to the institution highly revered for agricultural innovation are minister of agriculture and rural development audu ogbeh the minister of state industry trade and investment aisha abubakar the national security adviser nsa rtd. maj-gen. babagana monguno rtd and governor simon lalong of plateau state1