Correction: Africa Eggs & Jaiyesimi by Augustine Togonu Bickersteth London England 🇬🇧 June 26 2026

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Africa, GCI Eggs, and the Jaiyesimis by Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, London, England 🇬🇧 June 26, 2026

Dear AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Kwara State Governor, and President of the Forum of African Regions,

You are a round peg in a round hole, based on AI-generated material regarding your innovations and achievements as Governor of Kwara State. In the words of former Nigerian Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, we have had enough of pilot projects; what we have to do now is scale up.

Scale up what you have done in Kwara State to the whole of Africa. I also love the $259 million dairy project in Ogun State by Governor Dapo Abiodun. As they say, the reward for hard work is more work. Work has come! There is work to be done in Africa.

I must add that Dr. Olugbenga Jaiyesimi—a veteran veterinary doctor and poultry entrepreneur of 50 years—has been here before you as a technical consultant on how to feed 100 million children out of school in Africa. Dr. Jaiyesimi is the pioneer exponent of a one-trillion-dollar Nigerian economy, an economist, and a philosopher. It is also important to mention that he is an Old Boy of Government College Ibadan (GCI), which has produced 80 percent of the presidents of the Nigerian Society of Engineers—perhaps the highest for any single school in the Black world. Africa cannot go forward without engineers, including in egg production for 100 million out-of-school children.

Dear Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, there are two other Jaiyesimis for your database:

1. **Professor Rotimi Jaiyesimi:** A leading light in women's health. Africa is a woman's continent, as Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, former President of the African Development Bank, put it: "When African women win, Africa wins." What's more, "A bird cannot fly with one wing," so also said Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.

2. **Dr. Olakunle Jaiyesimi:** A postdoctoral fellow at Harvard who, along with Professor Anthony Elujoba, is out to reform, refine, modernize, and further dignify African herbal medicine on the African continent and globally. They are starting with malaria and asthma. Currently, 80 percent of medicines used in Nigeria are imported western medicines.

Please see below how engineers work together with veterinary doctors to produce eggs at scale, this time for 100 million children out of school through *Operation One Egg a Day*. It is an AI-generated article:

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### How Engineers and Veterinary Doctors Collaborate in Commercial Egg Production

Engineers and veterinary doctors collaborate in commercial egg production by merging biological health sciences with automated technology. Vets provide critical insights into avian biology, disease prevention, and welfare, while engineers design the automated, climate-controlled environments and robotic systems that scale healthy egg production.

Their interdisciplinary collaboration focuses on several core areas:

#### 1. Smart Environmental & Climate Control

* **Engineering Role:** Mechanical and agricultural engineers design climate-controlled barns with automated sensors to regulate temperature, humidity, and ventilation. They ensure precise airflow to minimize airborne pathogens alongside energy-efficient temperature regulation.

* **Veterinary Role:** Vets define the biological limits and welfare standards (e.g., thermal comfort zones and acceptable ammonia levels) that the mechanical systems must maintain to keep flocks healthy and productive.

#### 2. Robotic & In-Ovo Vaccination

* **Engineering Role:** Biomedical and robotics engineers build automated machinery for mass-scale egg handling, grading, and *in-ovo* (in-egg) vaccination in the hatchery.

* **Veterinary Role:** Poultry veterinarians study disease outbreaks and isolate specific viral strains to formulate autogenous vaccines (tailor-made treatments for specific farm regions). They direct the engineers on the precise timing and injection methods required to immunize embryos against diseases.

#### 3. Data Integration & Flock Monitoring

* **Engineering Role:** Software and data engineers develop real-time tracking programs and wireless sensor networks (e.g., Poultry Sense) to monitor daily metrics like water-to-feed ratios, egg weight, and bird movement.

* **Veterinary Role:** Vets analyze this real-time data against optimal growth curves and biological markers. They use the engineers' software dashboards to predict flock health and address nutritional or medical concerns before they impact egg production.

#### 4. Assisted Reproduction & Genetic Engineering

* **Engineering Role:** Genetic engineers develop genome-editing technologies and artificial insemination systems to improve the breed lines of laying hens.

* **Veterinary Role:** Reproduction experts and veterinarians manage the implementation of these technologies, ensuring high welfare standards during genetic selection and tracking the long-term health of transgenic lines.

> Learn more about how assisted reproduction transforms modern poultry science via the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Research.

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Signed,

Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, London, England 🇬🇧 June 2026