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Bago Unveils Plan To Use Artificial Intelligence In Niger State’s Agric, Health Sectors
at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA.
Niger State Government has disclosed plans to deploy the use of Artificial Intelligence AI technology to improve the agricultural and health sectors to meet up with global best practices.
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago disclosed this during the Niger State Government side event at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA.
The farmer governor said his administration remains committed to wooing more investors to the state to change the lives of the citizenry, explaining that collaborations with development partners are imperative to change the narrative of Nigeria.
Governor Bago revealed that the State will work closely with development partners on how to improve and apply technology into the agric sector to enable the state to realise its goal of food sufficiency.
He said, with the use of technology, the State will in the next two years clear 2.5 million hectares of land for crop production and open up the State for contract farming with people in diaspora through foreign investment.
Governor Bago also disclosed to investors that his government will continue to make use of the comparative advantage the State has to pilot the transformative change in agriculture and explore the value chain.
In the health sector, the farmer Governor Umar Bago stated that his government will work closely with development partners to deploy the use of artificial intelligence with the provision of tele medicine across all Primary Healthcare Centres in the State.
He said the target is to ensure the provision of health care services effectively to more people in remote areas.
In their separate remarks at the event, the Group Executive Director World Bank, Zainab Ahmed, the Deputy Governor Central Bank of Nigeria, Muhammad Sani Dattijo and the former Deputy Governor CBN, Hajiya Aisha Ahmad Ndanusa all acknowledged the efforts of the farmer Governor in his quest to transform the State.
They described his New Niger agenda as visionary and assured him of their support in ensuring that his transformation drive, especially in the agricultural sector, is given all the needed push to succeed.
The Niger State Government side event at the United Nations General Assembly had as its theme, “Bridging the Gap; Subnational Development, Human Capital and Agric Transformation,” and featured preliminary sessions on challenges and opportunities
