FG Pledge To Sustain Tech To Increase Farm Produce
JOSHUA OLALEYE
Federal Government disclosed that it would sustain the deployment of Geographic Information Services (GIS) and other similar technologies in order for farmers to achieve increased production.
President Muhammadu Buhari expressed delight that many States in Nigeria are adopting GIS for both urban and rural development,while receiving a delegation of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria (SURCON) led by the President of the International Federation of Surveyors, Prof Rudolf Staiger.
He said, the Federal Government was also on track in using similar technologies to support farmers to increase their yields and that his administration would continue to work with members of the survey and geo-informatics profession to provide quality infrastructure that would translate to prosperity for Nigerians.
‘‘Our Government, in the past five years, has embarked on critical infrastructure development and rehabilitation projects across the country. We are designing and building roads, bridges, rail tracks, airports and affordable housing all over the country.
‘‘Our goal is simple, we will develop quality infrastructure that will bring prosperity to millions of Nigerians in both our urban and rural areas.
‘‘To achieve this, we are working with surveyors, engineers and town planners. I am, therefore, confident that the 344 new surveyors inducted into the register of the Surveyors Council of Nigeria will be very busy in the coming years,’’ he said.
In his remarks, Prof Rudolf Staiger, told the President he was in the country to witness the induction of 344 new surveyors into the register of SURCON, and the investiture of the maiden edition of the Distinguished Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan Award for the Development of Survey and Geoinformatics in Nigeria.
‘‘For me it is a great opportunity to personally interact with President Buhari whose international reputation of honesty, integrity and selfless services stand him out as one of the greatest sons of Africa,’’ he said.
