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The Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, has urged Nigerian farmers to adopt technology-driven agricultural practices to boost food production and ensure national food security.
Speaking on Thursday during an ‘Innovation and Startups Roundtable’ with the Ogun Tech Community in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Tijani stressed that Nigeria’s current farming methods are inadequate to meet the food demands of its large population. He warned that without integrating modern technology into agriculture, the country would continue to face food shortages, high prices, and waste scarce foreign exchange on food imports.
He advocated a synergy between agriculture and innovation, noting that such a “marriage” is essential for revolutionising food production, creating jobs, and increasing income.
“The use of tools like mobile apps, drones, sensors, and real-time data can help farmers monitor crops, control pests, detect soil change,s and improve yields,” he said.
Citing Ukraine’s resilience in grain production amid its ongoing conflict with Russia, Tijani emphasised that technology can help transform Nigeria’s abundant arable land into a powerhouse of agricultural output.
Speaking earlier during his visit to his Alma mata at the Anglican Grammar School, Onikolobo, Abeokuta, the minister unveiled variety of annual scholarship packages personally instituted by himself for 88 students of the school, in addition to adopting a block of classrooms and the science laboratory for an 100 percent renovation.
While addressing students at the school, Tijani also announced a prize tag of N100, 000, with a laptop each for every top three (3) students at every levels of the Junior Secondary class (JSS)1 to 3 and their seniors in the SSS classes 1 to the terminal class of SSS 3.
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This is in addition to clothing 70 others with newly sewn school uniforms every year.
“We have also adopted one of the story buildings, we are going to furnish it and equip it with a Smart Board in all the classrooms. In the same vein, we have also adopted the Science Lab for a 100 per cent renovation that will ensure that it is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment”.
According to the minister, “coming back to the school is also a way of encouraging the students here to believe that their beginning today and they can also become a minister in the future, they can become an ambassador, they can become a Governor. They can shake the world, they can become President, our kids should key in on that, because it is the most important.”
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