The Federal Government has inaugurated a technical committee to revitalise extension services in Nigeria, aimed to stimulate technology adoption and embed Good Agricultural Practice (GAP), towards improving food requirements and industrial expectations. He stressed the need to review extension services training modules and practices implemented in Nigeria, with a view to making them more effective and efficient. Other terms of reference of the committee include examining proposals submitted on international best practices in extension services and draw key learning points. “To recommend an immediately actionable model of training of 75,000 extension workers in 2020, to develop a workable framework for engaging and working with the states in the continuous training and retraining of extension services workers. To make other recommendation that would help in fast-tracking the complete transformation of extension services in Nigeria.”Responding on behalf of members, the Chairman, Director, Extension Services in the Ministry, Frank Kudla, pledged that the committee would work assiduously to deliver on its mandate.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2020 03:22 UTC