Universities very important in making sure Nigeria has enough food – Ex-Rep, Onuigbo

A erstwhile national lawmaker and subordinate of the North East Development Commission’s Governing Board, Sam Onuigbo, has noted that clime alteration affects nutrient production.

He said this successful crook has a large interaction connected inciting insecurity, adding that universities successful the state are precise important successful making definite the state has capable food, to trim the antagonistic effect of clime change.

The erstwhile lawmaker said this portion reacting to the apppoint of archetypal ever pistillate Vice Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture arsenic erstwhile Vice Chancellor, Prof Maduebibisi Iwe, bows retired connected March 1, 2026.

Prof Maduebibisi would beryllium replaced by Prof. Ursula Akanwa arsenic the caller Vice Chancellor of the school.

The erstwhile two-term national lawmaker urged the incoming Vice Chancellor to hole good and instrumentality projects that would amusement the assurance the Governing Council and Selection Committee of the assemblage person placed successful her.

Onuigbo, who helped make Nigeria’s large instrumentality connected clime change, the Climate Change Act 2021, hopes that having a pistillate and a parent arsenic Vice Chance...