Ortom pledges greater support for BSU food tech centre

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Governor Samuel Ortom has pledged the support of his administration to the Centre For Food Technology and Research, CEFTER of Benue State University Makurdi.

The Governor who stated this today during a visit to the facility, pledged the commitment and support of his administration to make the centre achieve excellence.

He commended the World Bank for providing enormous opportunities for Benue people, other Nigerians and the entire African continent through the facility.

The Governor stated that his desire had always been how to turn the abundant natural resources in the state into wealth, expressing optimism that the centre would impact positively on Nigeria and the entire African Continent in the area of research into food science.

Govenor Ortom, who described the Benue State University as an industry that must be sustained which underscores his unwavering attention to it, also stated that he has always been proud of the varsity and its products.

While urging the leadership of the university to sustain its support for CEFTER, the Governor charged the institution to work hard and attract another centre of such importance to the State in a different discipline, to blend theories with practicals.

The Governor directed the Commissioner for Rural Development and Cooperatives to provide a 500KVA transformer to CEFTER and also provide water for the centre, giving assurance that other challenges would also be looked into.

Earlier, Vice Chancellor of BSU, Professor Msugh Kembe said CEFTER was already serving its purpose in various ways especially in the area of managing post harvest losses, saying the centre’s outstanding performances had attracted another World Bank grant of $5million.

He expressed gratitude that the feat achieved was largely due to Governor Ortom’s support and appealed for intervention in the area of renovation of one hundred bed – space hostel for students, provision of a bigger capacity water reservoir, furnishing of two of the centre’s laboratories and provision of a transformer.

Dr. Barnabas Ikyo, leader of the Project Technical Team said CEFTER had received international accreditation due to its exceptional performance and was the second out of 19 centres to score 100 percent back-to-back rating.

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