Nigeria, Oct. 14 -- According to a statement issued on Tuesday by Auwalu Umar, the university's Director of Public Affairs, the move aims to reposition NAPRI for greater impact in livestock research, breeding, and resource mobilisation.

The newly established NAPRI Reform and Strategic Transformation Committee is chaired by Professor J.K.P. Kwaga from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

ABU's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Ahmed, described NAPRI as "too strategic to fail in its mandate," noting that the institute has struggled to meet its core objectives in recent years.

He explained that declaring a state of emergency was necessary to address the decline in NAPRI's performance.

The committee, he said, will design and oversee compreh...