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From STEVE UZOECHI, Owerri
THE national president of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike
(MOUAU) Alumni Association, Mr. Ifeanyi Ugwu has lamented the steady decline
of agricultural development in Nigeria .
Ugwu who voiced his opinion to National Daily immediately after emerging the
first National President of the Alumni Association, blamed the decay in the
agricultural sector on government's lip service to many issues of urgent importance,
militating against the development of the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
Ugwu maintained that policy formulation and implementation in agriculture
should be left to the professionals , much the same way issues of law are
left for the lawyers.
He however regretted that successive governments have favoured the use of
politicians to man the Agriculture ministries at both the national and state
levels, instead of agro-professionals.
While expressing disappointment that the Nigerian Government has largely ignored
the potentials of the individuals trained in the special Universities of Agriculture
in Nigeria, Ifeanyi Ugwu stressed that what Nigeria really needs is expert
intervention and not merely political intervention in the handling of the
current food crisis .