The
Federal Government of Nigeria has been told to soft-pedal on Appointments alone
and instead concentrate on raising committees for monitoring Government
projects. Barrister Abubakar Yesuf gave the advice in Lagos during a short
press Briefing held at his Ikeja Law Office. He declared that a situation where
there are abandoned projects scattered all over Nigeria with everyone seemingly
interested only in appointments does not augur well for the country. “We have
to start thinking of sustainable legacies, not to eat, eat and eat alone”, he
stated. “Let Government for once raise committees to monitor people who are
given responsibilities”, he charged.
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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