THE National Agricultural Seed Council (NASC) and Department of Crop Protection and Environmental Biology, University of Ibadan, have begun a training of the staff on ’tissue culture techniques, research and management of tissue culture laboratories.’
Speaking at the two-week training in Ibadan, NASC Director-General, Dr Olusegun Ojo, said the training was to equip the staff with the right knowledge needed to operate in the tissue culture laboratory established at the council’s headquarters.
Ojo, represented by the NASC South-West Director, Mr Kunle Adeseko, said being a new area of specialty in NASC, there was need to train desired manpower to operate and manage the laboratory.
“This newly employed staff who happen to be the first set are assembled today to undergo the training.
“This training is considered train-the-trainer course as skills, knowledge acquired by you are expected to be stepped down to your colleagues.
“So, we enjoin you to take the training seriously and pay undivided attention to the instructions by resource persons,” he said.
The workshop facilitator, Dr Morufat Balogun, said it was the first time NASC would train its staff on tissue culture.
“This is highly appreciated and commendable, we will give the participants the best because the department has experts who can handle the training.
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