KWASU moves to ensure food sufficiency in Nigeria

The Vice Chancellor of Kwara state University (KWASU), Malete, Prof Muhammad Akanbi (SAN), has announced plans to make the institution a big player in agro- allied business.

He said the institution would help Kwara state and Nigeria to become self-sufficient in food production.

To achieve this, Akanbi said the university would ensure massive planting of grains, especially maize in its Baruten and Ekiti campuses in addition to the faculty of agriculture’s demonstration farms in the main campus.

He posited that “our universities must be big players in ensuring food sufficiency in the country. We have established KWASU Investments and Consultancy Unit with the mandate to ensure that our institution becomes a big player in agro- allied business.

“We have land and the expertise. We shall be producing day-old chick. We want to plant en- masse maize in our Baruten and Ekiti campuses.”