DG Nteranya Sanginga meets DRC President this week
IITA Director General Nteranya Sanginga met with His Excellency Felix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this week in Kinshasa, the capital of DRC. Dr Sanginga was part of the delegation led by President Akinwumi Adesina, President, Africa Development Bank (AfDB) that went to DRC for a four-day official visit.
Sanginga used the opportunity to invite President Tshisekedi to the inauguration and naming of the IITA Research Station in Kalambo, Bukavu, DRC, as “The President Olusegun Obasanjo, IITA Research Campus” planned for October this year. President Tshisekedi, with former President Joseph Kabila, have been invited to grace the occasion and preside on the naming event.