Nigeria has just recorded a scientific discovery that has
valuable agricultural applications. Earlier today, the National
Research Institute for Chemical Technology announced that they have
finally found a cure for a ravaging tomato plant disease- Tuta
Absoluta. A disease popularly known as "tomato ebola".
In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Zaria, the
public relations office of the institution Alhaji Bala Aliyu revealed
that the discovery had been a project the institute had been working
hard on for a long time. He also said that the discovery could easily
exterminate the disease from Nigerian farms, adding the the outrageous
increase in the market price of tomatoes was just as a result of the
tons of plants that have been destroyed by the defect causing disease.
The institute's public officer also that the institute was
partnering with other organisations of its kind and regulatory groups
both home and abroad to test the vaccine extensively. According to
him, the institution was going to work hard to make sure the vaccine
would complete its final testing stages soon and be launched.
Stressing on the importance of getting the vaccine into tomato farms,
he said that it was solely the responsibilty if the Federal Government
to take the vaccine down to the farmers.
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