There
is apparent lull in the activities of whistle blowers in Nigeria. The Tempo suddenly fizzled out with the
arrest and detention in Kuje of a whistle blower said to have provided wrong
information. “It is not lull as you
think” says Sunday Agbabiaka, a Civil Servant in Abuja. “What you see is the result of subdued
environments”, he declared. Not since
the announcement of that policy has the Nigerian Government made so much
harvest of cash haul and eventual seizures in millions of dollars, pounds
sterling, etc. Yet, inspite of this,
life continues as usual.
Appointed since 1 st April, 2015 till date, Prof. Adepoju Adeshola Olatunde, Director-General of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) has left no room to chance. The Ph.D holder in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (2002) from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has taken extra-ordinary steps to see the Forestry Institute to the next level of existence. One of such steps is the repositioning of FRIN outstation for better research focus. Others include renovation of dilapidated structures, repositioning of staff members for optimum performance, reclaiming/security all encroached land and resources of the Institute, successfully enacting on Act to Establish Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria for Forestry Research; Education and Training; establishing Six strategic Rural Resource Centers for communities engagement, capacity building and extension services. Prof. Adepoju who also holds B.Agric (Agricultural Economics), 1995 ...
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