Federal agriculture varsities: Ikpeazu calls for increased allocation

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Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State,

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has appealled to the Federal Government to increase its allocation to federal universities of agriculture in the country.

Ikpeazu made the call on Saturday at the eighth convocation and silver jubilee celebration of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), near Umuahia.

He commended President Muhammadu Buhari “for refocusing on agriculture as a way of finding ourselves out of the economic duldrome in Nigeria.”

He described the decision to revive the nation’s agricultural sector as lofty but noted that it ought to have come earlier.

He further spoke on the Federal Government’s directive to critical federal tertiary institutions, including MOUAU, to revert to their core mandate.

“As Abia citizens, our desire would have been for this university to continue to train our children in…

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