ARCN Newsletter June 2020 Edition

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NEWSLETTEREWSLETTER
“.......today’s research is tomorrow’s wealth’’
A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF NIGERIA
VOL. 2 No. 1 June. 2020 Edition
APPOINTMENTOF PROFESSORGARBA HAMIDUSHARUBUTUmni,ASTHESUBSTANTIVE
EXECUTIVESECRETARY,AGRICULTURALRESEARCHCOUNCILOFNIGERIA(ARCN)
His Excellency President
M u h a m m a d u B u h a r i
GCFR, President and
Commander in Chief of the
Armed Forces of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria
has made a historic and long
awaited appointment of a
Substantive Executive
Secretary for the Agricultural
Research Council of Nigeria
(ARCN) for four (4) years in the
first instance and subject to
another four years for the second
tenure after the exit of the Pioneer
Executive Secretary, Professor B.
Y.Abubakar.
The newly-appointed Executive
Secretary, Professor Garba
H a m i d u
Sharubutu mni,
was initially
appointed on
Acting capacity
in September, 2019 and since
then has operated as a visionary
captain, restoring the Council's
glory and steering the National
Agricultural Research System
( N A R S ) f o r a n e w
b e g i n n i n g . W h i l s t
recounting the many
achievements within a short
period in his acting
capacity, it did not come as
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a surprise on the 27 of
April, 2020, when he was
formally confirmed and
a p p o i n t e d a s t h e
Substantive Executive
Secretary of the Council by
His Excellency, President
MuhammaduBuhari.
Professor Sharubutu who
hails from Quaon Pan Local
Government Council of Plateau
state was the former President,
Nigerian Veterinary Medical
Association(NVMA) 2005 –
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Prof.Garba Hamidu
SHARUBUTUmni, FCVSN
Executive Secretary ARCN
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Editorial Crew
Chairman/Editor
Nuhu Yusuf
Head of Department
Knowledge Management and Communication
Graphics
Paul Iyaji
Principal Data Processing Officer
Correspondences
Knowledge Management -Nodal Officers
attached to Departments and ES - Office
Asst. Editors
Yahaya Bello
Chief Data Processing Officer
Stella. C. Nwokocha
Senior Communication Officer
THE NEW ORGANOGRAM OF ARCN
NARIs AND FCAs
GENDER & YOUTH IN AGRIC
RESEARCH & INNOVATION UNIT
HON. MINISTER OFAGRICULTURE
& RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ARCN GOVERNING BOARD
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
BUDGET UNIT
PROTOCOL & MEDIA UNIT
FINANCE &
ACCOUNT
DEPARTMENT
PLANNING,
RESEARCH &
STATISTICS
DEPARTMENT
PROCUREMENT UNIT
INTERNALAUDIT UNIT
LEGAL, ANTICORRUPTION &
SERVICOM UNIT
ADMINISTRATION
DEPARTMENT
KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT &
COMMUNICATION
DEPARTMENT
AGRIC
EXTENSION &
SOCIO-ECONOMICS
DEPARTMENT
FISHERIES &
AQUACULTURE
DEPARTMENT
LIVESTOCK
DEPARTMENT
PLANT
RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT
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Vision of ARCN
To reduce poverty and increase food security
by contributing to the establishment of
sustainable agricultural growth and
development in Nigeria.
To achieve significant improvement in
agricultural productivity, marketing &
competitiveness by generating
Mission of ARCN
ARCN
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3. 2009, Veterinary Council of
Nigeria (VCN) 2014 - 2016 and
erstwhile Provost of the Federal
College of Animal Health &
Production Technology
(FCAH&PT), Vom, Plateau
State (Jan. 2014 - Jan. 2019).
He is a Professor of Infectious
Diseases and Veterinary
Legislation. He possessed
several awards in extensive
r e s e a r c h , a c a d e m i c ,
a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d
organizational experience. He
is a member of various
professional bodies and
member of the National
Institute for Policy and
Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru
(mni). He has passion for
service as in his numerous
achievements in all areas of
research.
In a recent interview with Blue
Print and Tribune newspapers
which was published on Monday,
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4 and Tuesday, 5 May 2020
respectively, the newly-
appointed Executive Secretary
said he would reposition the
Research Institutes in Nigeria to
impact on Agriculture and
enhancefood security.
Furthermore, he disclosed his
mission, which is “The ARCN
will be a center of excellence for
coordinating research, training,
d o c u m e n t a t i o n a n d
dissemination of
q u a l i t y
a g r i c u l t u r a l
innovations for
e n h a n c e d
a g r i c u l t u r a l
productivity, food
s e c u r i t y, j o b
creation and poverty eradication
in Nigeria”. ''He is set out to
p r o v i d e s c h o l a r l y a n d
administrative leadership to the
Council with the view of
promoting agricultural research,
training, extension and
production of quality farm inputs
as well as introduce reforms
within the limits of the mandate
of the Council in line with the
priority and objectives of the
FederalGovernment”.
Professor Sharubutu, has also
made known his vision and
strategies to achieve it which he
said was imperative in
restructuring and reorganization
of theARCN. ''It is our intention
to restructure the Agricultural
Research Institutes (NARIs)
along the broad areas of
agricultural practice, each with
the capacity to conduct research
and develop inputs based on
specialization. ''With these,
every Research Institute and
College of Agriculture will from
time to time set targets,
determine and publicize their key
performance indicators (KIP) as
a means of measuring their
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SUBSTANTIVE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
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performances. Research
Fellows will participate
i n g r a s s r o o t
m o b i l i z a t i o n a n d
g e n e r a t i o n o f
information capable of
triggering purposeful
research''.
He also said while
efforts will be made
towards developing
new technologies by
the NARS to meet our
local needs, “ARCN
should also be able
to initiate a bill
seeking to separate
tax generated from
a g r i c u l t u r a l
companies and
channel it to
In line with the recommendations
contained in the committee’s report of
ARCN Staff Audit, Placement and
Schedule of Duty earlier submitted to the Executive Secretary and in a bid to reposition the Council, new staff
postings and statutory committees were released and constituted. Statutory Committees include Management
Staff Committee; Senior Staff Committee; Junior Staff Committee; Disciplinary Committee; Human Resource
Development & Training Committee; Procurement Planning Committee; Tender Board Committee and Staff
WelfareCommittee.Theunderlistedpostingshavebeeneffectedwith immediateeffectinthecouncil.
i. Dr.MaduguS.A, DeputyDirector,AppointedasNationalCoordinatorofAROC &AdoptedVillages and
Schools
ii. A new Legal Adviser, Barr. Ugwushime Chinyere
Ikpe was posted to ARCN from the Ministry of
Justice
iii. Abdullahi Adamu, Assistant Director posted to
PlantResourceDepartment.
iv. Mr Musa Garba, Conversion from Chief
Accountant to Chief Procurement Officer, and posted as
Head
ofProcurementUnit.
v. Abdulkareem Muntaqa (CAO), Appointed as
Deputy National Coordinator,AROC & AdoptedVillages
andSchools
vi. Mrs Abubakar Adaku Lilian (CA), posted to
FinanceandAccountsDepartment.
vii. Mr.KayodeI.Aiyedogbon, AppointedasHeadofProtocolandPublicity
viii. MrAdamuM. Pindiga(ACAO), PostedtoHeadBudgetUnit
ix. MrAbubakarYusuf, ConversionfromAssistantChiefAdmin.OfficertoAssistantChief Procurement
Officer.
x. KabiruYahaya(ACAO), postedtoDepartment ofAdministration
xi. Abdullateef A. Adorere (ACAO), Appointed as Secretary to National Coordinator, AROC & Adopted
VillagesandSchools
APPOINTMENTof
SUBSTANTIVE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
SHARUBUTU
Prof.Garba Hamidu
SHARUBUTUmni, FCVSN
Executive Secretary ARCN
NEW POSTING OF OFFICERS

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The foundation laying
ceremony of the Phase I
Extension B uilding of
Agricultural Research Council
th
of Nigeria was held on 11
February, 2020 by Barr.
Adetunji Ajagbe, Board
Chairman, Agricultural
Research Council of Nigeria
(ARCN). The complex is to
accommodate World class
National Library, Reference
Museum, Radio House for
broadcast to farmer's
nationwide, World class ICT
center and Staff office
a c c o m m o d a t i o n . T h e
construction was approved by
ARCN Governing Board at its
th
15 Regular Meeting following
the consideration of the
Management's proposal for
t h e
construction
of Phase I
b u i l d i n g
Extension.
T h e B o a r d
C h a i r m a n
reiterated the
commitment
of the Board
Members and
the ARCN Management, in
ensuring that ARCN effectively
d e l i v e r s i t s
m a n d a t e o f
coordinating,
supervising and
r e g u l a t i n g
A g r i c u l t u r a l
Re s e a rc h i n
Nigeria. Adding
that the Board's
c a r d i n a l
aspiration was to ensure that
the Council performs like its
counterparts in Brazil, India
and China. However, the
Board Chairman appreciated
the effort of the Management
of the Council in initiating the
building plan and challenged
them to ensure that the
project is not abandoned like
some others in the Country.
Finally, he called on the entire
staff of the Council to give
their maximum cooperation
towards the actualization of
the ARCN mandate and
further challenged the
contractors to do a very good
job that would stand the test
of time.
Thereafter, the Executive
Secretary Prof. Garba Hamidu
Sharubutu stated that the
actualization of the new
complex is to host key
CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE 1 EXTENSION BUILDING COMPLEX IN THE COUNCIL
NEWS
ARCN Governing Board Chairman Laying foundation block
of Phase 1 Extension Building Complex
Arial View of the Ongoing Phase 1 Extension Building Complex

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INTRODUCTION OF STAFF SHUTTLE BUSES: To ease transportation and
Punctuality of Staff to duty
The management of ARCN under
the newly appointed Executive
Secretary, Prof. Garba Hamidu
Sharubutu mni has re-introduced
staff shuttle buses to address the
lingering problems associated with
transportation of staff, especially
those coming from the satellite
towns. The buses which were
previously grounded overtime due
to lack of maintenance were
thoroughly refurbished and
actively put into use for effective
conveyance of staff to office and
back to their respective residential
areas. The buses were intended to
cover Nyanya –
M a r a r a b a -
M a s a k a a n d
Kubwa - Zuba and
Suleja routes while
r d
the 3 bus is
dedicatedtothemanagement.
The outcome of this gesture is
evidenced in the increased level of
staff punctuality to the office as
staff now comes to office early in a
comfortable and safe manner,
under a cost effective arrangement.
M o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , t h e
lackadaisical approach to
punctuality by staff is now
becoming a thing of the past.
Responding to questions from
NewsLetter Crew, the staff
attributed this development to
involve the key achievements of
the Executive Secretary and a
The Joint Exco Unions of ARCN
c o m p r i s i n g N A S U a n d
SSATHRURAI met with the
E x e c u t i v e S e c r e t a r y t o
congratulate him on his recent
appointment as Substantive
ExecutiveSecretaryof ARCN .
At the opening, the SSATHRURAI
Chairman Comrd. Aminu R.
A b d u l l a h i
p r e s e n t e d a
congratulatory
card to the ES on
b e h a l f o f
members of the
Unions.
The Chairman
N A S U w e n t
f u r t h e r t o
appreciate the ES
for the welfare packages staff
have so far enjoyed even when
he was in acting capacity. The
Joint Union Excos tabled some
talking points as requests that
are mainly geared towards
generalstaffwelfare.
Chairman, SSATHRURAI Presenting Congratulatory
Card to Executive Secretary On behalf of the Unions
Cross Section of Unions Exco Members at the Joint Meeting
One of the Costal Buses provided for Staff
Staff Boarding into one of the Shuttle Buses
ARCN JOINT EXCO UNIONS MET WITH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

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In a renewed effort to re-organize
the ARCN Secretariat and to
internally strengthen the Council
to effectively and efficiently drive
the NationalAgricultural Research
System (NARS) in Nigeria, The
then Acting Executive Secretary
Prof. Garba Hamidu Sharubutu
constitutes and inaugurated Staff
Audit, Placement and Schedule of
Duty Committee which was
saddled with the responsibility of
staff Audit, Placement to
appropriate departments and to
design Schedule of Duty for
departments and units within the
Council.
The Committee had Prof.
Abubakar Bello Zaki as Chairman
while Mahmud BelloAlhaji served
as Secretary. Other members of the
Committee included Dr. Aliyu S.
Madugu, Dr. Umar Umar,
Dr.Ihegwuagu E. Nnemeka,
Tahe T. Dauda, Aiyedogbon
I . K a y o d e , T a n i m o w o
E.Omolara, Mu'azu M. Musa,
Aminu A. Rakiyet and Yakubu
Ibrahim Esq. The committee
th
inaugurated on 7 October 2019,
th
and submitted its report on 28
January2020.
The Committee designed
m e t h o d o l o g y f o r t h e
capturing Biodata of staff,
records of service and
qualifications for staff audit,
developed criteria for the
placement of staff
into departments
and benchmarked
o t h e r
G o v e r n m e n t
establishments
such as Raw
M a t e r i a l
Research and
D e v e l o p m e n t
Council (RMRDC), the National
University Commission (NUC),
the National Board for Technical
Education (NBTE) and the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural
Development (FMARD) to
develop schedule of duty for the
Council'sdepartmentsandunits.
Highlight of the findings included
the Council's staff strength which
stood at 205, out of which 57 are
females representing 28%. Two
hundred and two (202) staff were
screened by the committee, three
(3) staff failed to appear before the
Committee. The information of
staff gathered was aggregated by
r a n k , c a d r e a n d h i g h e s t
qualifications. The Committee
discovered that a total number of
42 staff were on study leave at
various institutions within and
o u t s i d e N i g e r i a a n d 1 6
representing (38%) are currently
undertaking Ph.D. programmes in
various fields, 17 are into M.Sc.
while 2 are into PGD programmes.
The Committee placed 185
(91.5%) staff to various
department and units based on
specialization and cadre, while 11
(5.5%) were placed to strengthen
other departments based on ability
of the staff to contribute positively
to such departments. The
The Committee Chairman Summit Final Report to ES
Group Photo of the ES, Management and Staff Audit Committee Members
STAFFAUDIT, PLACEMENTAND SCHEDULE OF DUTY COMMITTEE SUBMITS REPORT
NEWS

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WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR
Th e A n ti- C o r r u p tio n an d
Transparency Unit (ACTU) ARCN
chapter organized sensitization
workshop for the staff of ARCN on
st
21 of January, 2020 at Staff
Auditorium, Agricultural Research
House, Mabushi. The workshop
was attended by over 200 staff, also
had in attendance the delegation
from ICPC, led by the ICPC Desk
Officer,Barr.HajiaAishaAhmed.
In his opening remark, the
Executive Secretary, Prof.Garba
Hamidu Sharubutu informed the
participants of the existence of
ACTU in the Council in
compliance with the ICPC law. The
ACTU- ARCN chapter was
composed and saddled with the
responsibility of coordinating the
activities of ACTU in the Council
in accordance with the guidelines
of ICPC. He further hinted
participants that, the purpose of
ACTU was not to jeopardize
anybody's office but rather to
identify and address individual
vices in the Council such as
Corruption, Double Standard,
Gross Misconducts etc. He finally
advised the ACTU Officers to
trade with caution and never uses it
as a tool for witch hunting and also
enjoined all staff to embrace
ACTU withopenheartedness.
In his address,
t h e A C T U
Chairman ARCN chapter, Mr.
Abdullahi Adamu, thanked the
E x e c u t i v e
Secretary and
h i s
Management
f o r t h e
c o n f i d e n c e
bestowed in his
team to render
such services.
He however,
emphasized the
essence of the
Sensitization
W o r k s h o p
which he said
was not only to
kick start ACTU's
full operation in the National
Agricultural Research System
(NARS) but also to acquaint staff
with the functions and guidelines
of operations of the Unit. He urged
staff to show love for one another,
be patient and open up to one
another so as to eschew witch
haunting and corruption in order to
restore integrity in the NARS. He
also informed staff that suggestion
and complaints boxes would be
placed at strategic places in the
Council to encourage staff and
members of the public to write and
drop their complaints/suggestions
as the need arises. He assured the
participants and members of the
public that every matter
channelled to ACTU would be
treated with utmost confidentiality
it deserves. He further read out the
rules and regulations guiding the
activities of ACTU to the staff and
managementoftheCouncil.
The ICPC Desk Officer, Barr.
Hajia Aisha Ahmed who
represented the ICPC at the
workshop reaffirmed the ICPC
Chairman's commitments to
fighting corruption in all the
MDAs. She reiterated the fact that
ICPC was established to correct
the wrongs that happen in most
MDAs. It is pertinent that staff
notifies the relevant officials of the
wrong happenings in their
SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP ORGANIZED BY ANTI- CORRUPTION AND
TRANSPARENCY UNIT (ACTU) ARCN STAFF CHAPTER
Executive Secretary, Management Staff and Representatives of ICPC
A Cross Section of Participants at the sensitization Workshop

9. West Africa Seed Program (WASP)
is an ECOWAS programme funded
by United State Agency for
International Development
(USAID) and implemented at a
regional level by the West and
Central African Council for
Agricultural Research for
D e v e l o p m e n t
(CORAF/WECARD). The goal of
WASP is to extend and increase the
production and supply of good
quality and improved seed from 12%
to 25% across the ECOWAS sub
region, over a five-year period
(2012-2017). WASP activities were
implemented in Benin Republic,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger,
Nigeria and Senegal but policy
related activities cover all ECOWAS
members' nations and two
Permanent Interstate Committee for
Drought Control in the Sahel
(CILSS) countries Mauritania and
Chad.
In 2008, ECOWAS Regional
Member Countries (RMC) signed
E C O W
AS Seed
Regulat
i o n
C/REG.
4/05/20
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and
a year later UEMOA countries
signed UEMOA SeedRegulation
REGL/03/2009/CM/UEMOA.
However, none of the 17 member
ECOWAS-UEMOA countries
published any of these regulations in
its official gazette and there were
very little efforts
m a d e t o
implement these
regulations in
R M C . T h i s ,
coupled with the
n u m e r o u s
challenges faced
by the seed sector
in the region
which include limited technical and
financial capacity of plant breeders
to supply breeder seeds, weak and
undeveloped local seed enterprises
to supply foundation and certified
seeds, lack of seed demand
f o r e c a s t i n g a n d m a r k e t
information systems, weak and
underdeveloped agro-dealer
networks, lack of a mechanism to
harmonize the seed regulation and
limited capacity of National Seed
Trade Associations. WASP
project came up to address those
challenges at both regional and
nationallevels.
WASP cardinal approach is to
collaborate with national,
regional and international
partners in the seed sector to
achieve its goal. The project was
designed to achieve its objectives
through the establishment and
operationalization of Alliance of
Seed Industry in West Africa,
harmonization of West Africa
seed laws, strengthening the
National Agricultural Research
System to produce breeder seeds
and build capacity of the private
sector to produce quality seeds
andcreateseeddemand.
Nigeria successfully established
the Alliance for Seed Industry in
West Africa (ASIWA) which
formed the platform of discussion
on issues related to seed quality
assurance, quality control and
certification, seed laws, access to
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PLANT RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SEMINAR SERIES 2020
WEST AFRICA SEED PROGRAMME WASP-NIGERIA (ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUCCESS STORY)
WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR
Presentation at the PRD Seminar
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10. Dr. Umar Umar
National Seed Specialist
WASP-Nigeria
WASP Nigeria partnered with
IAR&T to produced 6600kg and
1200kg of breeder and foundation
seeds of maize seeds respectively
and NCRI to produced 24,500kg and
8,500kg of breeder and foundation
seeds of rice seeds respectively. At
the regional level, the project
partners IITA in the production of
over 200 maize genetic materials.
All the seeds were given out to
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WASP delivered seed processing plant
and seed laboratory equipment's to
IAR&T
“WASP has supplied us a very modern
WASP supported private sector
through supply of breeder seeds at
subsidized rates, creation of seed
d e m a n d b y d i s s e m i n a t i n g
Information on newly preferred
varieties on Ray-power 100 FM
Network Station and sponsored the
development often business plans
for ten seed companies to access
loan. The capacities of 71 seed
stakeholders was strengthened
through training on trade
WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR
ECOWAS Ebola Initiative
“When ECOWAS called upon us to seek for ways of supplying quality seeds very quickly to prevent a food
crisis, we were happy to do it and we did it working with the private sector with which we have been working .
I will call this initiative a seed of solidarity. And it was the first time at least to my knowledge the region
responded to the regional crisis using almost exclusively resources from the region and that is to be saluted and
that is something we should all be proud of”
ED CORAF/ WECARD Dr. Abdou Tenkuono
The one-day capacity building
rd
workshop held on 23 January, 2020
at ARCN Auditorium was aimed at
exposing all ARCN female technical
staff to utilize their various potentials
in contributing to the Council's
mandate. The workshop was
organized by Agricultural Extension
and Socio-Economics Department
(AE&SED) Technical Women led by
Dr (Mrs.) RufinaChukwumalume.
Declaring the workshop open the
Executive Secretary welcomed the
guest speakers and participants in
attendance. He advised women
technical staff to come out of their
shelves, and be proud to showcase
their potentials rather than shying
away from their positions and
responsibilities. He informed the
participants that the presence of
Ministry officials like the Head of
Department of Agriculture (FDA)
and Head of Gender at the
workshop was to improve
s y n e r g y , s h a r e
k n o w l e d g e a n d
experience with the
female staff of the
Council. This will
enable the staff to
make effort to unlock
opportunities that exist
in researches, data
generation and various
s t r a t e g i e s e t c .
Furthermore, he placed
o n r e c o r d h i s
commitment towards ensuring that the
Council's female staff have synergy with
theircounterpartsintheMinistry.
The technical paper was presented by
Dr. (Mrs.) Ifeoma Anyanwu, Head,
Gender Unit in the Federal Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development
(FMARD) on the Challenges Limiting
the Contributory Roles of Women in
Agricultural Sector and the way
forward in Nigeria. The syndicate
session was chaired by Hajia Karima
Babangida, Director, Federal
Department of Agriculture (FDA),
FMARD.
At the end of the workshop the
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP FOR ARCN FEMALE TECHNICAL STAFF
THEME: “UNLOCKING THE POTENTIALS OF ARCN FEMALE STAFF (TECHNICAL)
TOWARDS ACTUALIZING THE COUNCIL'S MANDATE”.
A Group photo of the ES, ARCN Management & Workshop Participants

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At the early emergence of COVID
19 pandemic and before the Federal
Governments directive of stay at
home order, the Council under the
leadership of Prof. Garba Hamidu
Sharubutu commenced an in-house
enlightenment of staff on
the ravaging Corona
Virus pandemic.An
emergency staff general
meeting was organized on
th
19 March, 2020 and the
Executive Secretary
briefed staff on the future
expectations and the need for
Council's staff to prepare ahead of
the possible consequences that may
emanate from the crises. He advised
staff to think outside the box and
strictly follow the guidelines and
advise of health professionals
especially the safety measures
stipulated by National Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC).
Accordingly, a Committee was
constituted and saddled with the
responsibility of sensitization of
staff on simple guidelines laid down
by NCDC to prevent the virus from
spreading within the Council. The
REACTION OF ARCN STAFF TO THE EMERGENCE OF CORONA VIRUS (COVID-19)
Executive Secretary ARCN
As part of the effort of widening the
collaboration and linkages with
International Partners, the ARCN
Management received a delegation
from the Netherland Government at
the Council's Headquarters' Abuja.
The mission was
aimed at discussing
the key areas of
collaboration on
A g r i c u l t u r a l
T r a i n i n g s a n d
Entrepreneurship
m e n t o r i n g o f
Nigerian farmers,
Women and Youth
for curtailing influx of migrants from
WestAfrican Countries with focus on
Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary made a brief
presentation to the August visitors
with emphasis on the journey of
National Agricultural Research
System so far and clearly stated the
One of the flyers for Sensitizing Farmers on COVID 19 by ARCN
Rice and Vegetable Oil distributed as Palliatives to Staff by the Executive Secretary
Leader of the Delegation Appreciating the Executive Secretary
ARCN Management & Members of the Delegation
MEETNG WITH NETHERLAND GOVERNMENT DELEGATION ON CIRCULAR MIGRATION
ND
HELD ON 22 JANUARY, 2020 AT ARCN CONFERENCE HALL