Nigerian Minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the LEADERSHIP Public Officer of the Year 2013 Award given to him by LEADERSHIP Newspapers Group would inspire him and his team in the sector to do more for the country.
According to him, while the award is also a recognition of the
tremendous transformation going on in the agriculture sector which President
Goodluck Jonathan had embarked on in his transformation agenda, the overall
goal was borne out of the urgent need to rapidly diversify the economy.
Adesina said, “I wish to thank the LEADERSHIP Newspapers for
this honour of being awarded the Public Officer of the Year. I am highly
honoured and humbled by the award. There is nothing more important than the
opportunity to serve one’s nation, the place of ones birth. Noting more
fulfilling than working to help create hope and opportunities for others.
“As Mohandas Gandhi said ‘ The best way to find yourself is to
lose yourself in the service of others’. That has always been my life ambition,
passion and drive, and will remain so. This Public Officer of the Year award by
the Leadership Newspapers will inspire me and my team to do more”.
