Today’s youth deserve encouragement, but success demands patience, discipline, and honest effort. Wanting overnight wealth can weaken character and create dangerous expectations. Hard work matters.

Society influences young people, but parenting and personal choices matter too. We must teach children resilience, responsibility, patience, and honest earning. Strong personal values matter.

I have always chosen hard work over shortcuts. Since establishing Abak Farms Ent. in 2018, I have worked tirelessly for six years without taking holidays. Discipline.

After leaving Nigeria for the United Kingdom, I remained occupied with responsibilities. Years of persistence strengthened my mind, confidence, and resilience. Persistence creates strength.

Quick-profit schemes may appear attractive, but wealth without value creation can destroy trust and encourage harmful habits. Government must strengthen verification and protect citizens. Wisdom.

My message is simple: never fear honest labour or gradual progress. Work diligently, learn continuously, and remain patient because hard work builds character and success.

Best regards,

Abdullah Opeyemi Akande
B.Agric. (FUNAAB)
GAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Animal Sci. (UI)
RAS (NIAS)
M.Sc. Int’l Business (UU, UK)
Ph.D. in view