I welcome you all from your various destinations to this great occasion.
I return thanks and honour to the most high God for His benevolence upon all of us to gather here physically in this annual programme, our 9th ASAN-NIAS JAM, holding at the nation’s capital, Abuja.
History is being made today, and a new dawn is being unveiled in the annals of our great association – ANIMAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (ASAN).
Today this great and noble professional association has returned me unopposed as the National President to lead her into the years ahead, charting a new direction and gliding through all turbulence towards stabilizing the livestock sub-sector of the Agricultural sector of the Nigerian Economy with our professionals contributing their expertise.
I am aware of the daunting task of repositioning our professional practice in tune with the local needs and the world order and as such, I am well- prepared, equipped and experienced for the task and trust you have put on my shoulder from today onwards.
Our profession holds the greatest number of opportunities and windows amongst any known profession in the world in terms of value chains. All these are equitably important.
We shall harness all these opportunities through the application of entrepreneurial knowledge and technology towards placing our profession in the right position it deserves among the league of professions in Nigeria – nay the world.
We are expected to lead in the race for high GDP generation in the post-oil economy through practical applications of our disciplines in Animal Agriculture.
It is estimated that the sub-Saharan Africa where Nigeria belongs will witness great population growth from year 2030 to 2050 and beyond.