Dear youths, starting your journey with experience and knowledge can create opportunities money alone cannot provide. Learn first; rewards often follow meaningful preparation and growth.

Many young people chase quick money while overlooking practical learning. Some even choose cybercrime, forgetting that shortcuts can destroy promising futures and opportunities. Choose integrity.

Early in my career, I approached established agribusiness professionals without demanding payment. I simply said, I want to learn and understudy your operations with humility.

Because I was diligent, educated, and humble, I worked alongside farm attendants, handling feeding, litter, loading, unloading, egg collection, and essential practical farm paperwork daily.

Those experiences taught me lessons classrooms could not provide. I learned from superiors and attendants, lowered my ego, and gained practical knowledge joyfully through service.

Today, experience, knowledge, and consistency have positioned me as an authority. Life rewards patience, humility, preparation, and honest effort when pursued faithfully. Think deeply. Always.

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