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History of NFFR, New-Bussa, Nigeria
The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research, New Bussa, formerly known as "Kainji Lake Research Project", was set up in 1968 by the Federal Government of Nigeria with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was the executing agency, while the then Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources represented the Federal Government.
By 1975, FAO experts formally withdrew their participation and qualified Nigerians had to take over the management and responsibility of what came to be known as "Kainji Lake Research Institute", through a decree promulgated by the then Military regime.The Institute was one of the twenty-five Agricultural Research Institutes then under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. As a result of the re-organization of some of the Research Institutes within the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology in 1987, the mandate of the Institute changed from the multi-commodity institution, namely:- Fisheries, Limnology, Public Health, Socio-Economics and Wildlife Ecology/Range Management, to mono-commodity research based on Freshwater Fisheries and Aquatic Resources generally, with emphasis on Hydrology, Fisheries Biology, Limnology, Environment, Fisheries Technology, Hatchery Management, Aquaculture, Socio-economics, Extension liaison services and training.The name of the Institute was also recently changed to "National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research" to reflect the new mandate. Presently, the Institute’s outstations are located in the following places Tiga in Kano State; Maiduguri and Baga in Borno State, and Dadinkowa in Gombe State. But with varied level of activities in Yauri, Kebbi State, and Oguta in Imo State.More outstations have been planned for locations in the other agro-ecological zones of the country. The activities of the Institute are funded by the Federal Government of Nigeria while the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is still the supervising Ministry. |
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