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RSUST Set To Venture Into Agric Dev

L-R: Director, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (Smedan), Mr Wole Fesaye; Director General, Mr Dikko Umar; Acting Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Mr Waheed Olagunju and Divisional Head North, Mr Omar Shekarau, during the Smedan’s courtesy visit to the Ag. Md BoT in Abuja last Friday.
In its determination to
advance agricultural development in school business, the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) says it has entered into an agreement with an American university, the University of Arkanas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), for technical assistance in Hoop vegetable production.
The Acting Vice chancellor, RSUST, Prof Blessing C. Didia, dropped this hint while delivering his address at the 28th convocation ceremony of the institution at the weekend in Port Harcourt.
He said the project would be domiciled in the faculty of Agriculture for proper attention.
Didia, also revealed that another forum has been established between his school and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan on partnership and collaboration.
All these he said, was geared towards the new vision to establish an entrepreneurial university.
He further explained that an entrepreneurial centre has been created to implement the road map.
According to him, the university has endorsed a memorandum of understanding with Subsea Robotics of Singapore on Robotic technology.
He noted that the technology, was the lastest in marine, oil and gas exploration.
The RSUST acting VC boasted that the institution would be the first establishment in the country to acquire the Robotic technology.
Upon the actualisation of such dream, he said it would enable the learning environment to list as a major player in the petroleum, gas and marine industry.
Also in his remarks, he informed that the school was in negotiation with the Songhai farm in Benin Republic for replication of a mini Songhai farm in the university.
In a nutshell, according to him, all efforts upon full operation will place the university as a true entrepreneurial centre and as well as increase its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base.