Legal luminary, Afe Babalola has suggested that every Nigerian should venture into farming since they consume more than they produce.
Babalola said this while speaking at the 2022 edition of the annual “Afe Babalola Agricultural Expo” (ABA-EX) and Youth Development, explaining every individual irrespective of their profession or status should farm.
Further emphasising the topic, he said embracing farming was the panacea for the country to make a meaningful impact in evolving alternative economic reliance.
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He then recalled how he developed an interest in farming while in primary school and had never looked back, saying that farming was one of the best solutions to the country’s myriad of problems.
He said:
“I was born as a farmer, and it is not surprising that I still continue to farm till today in spite of all that God has enabled me to attain.
“That is what I expect all Nigerians to do, no matter what you are or who you are. You just have to be involved in farming.
“Every family wants to be great, yet we are not involved in agriculture. We live in a nation where we produce less and consume more.
“Things don’t work like that, except we are waiting for calamity to happen in fact, we are already in the calamity.”
During the event, at least 81 farmers, five in each of the 16 local government areas of Ekiti, were awarded cash gifts by Mr Babalola as part of his annual contribution towards promoting the sector.
The best farmer from each LGA got a cash sum of N200,000; second, N150,000; third, N100,000; fourth, N75,000 and fifth, N50,000.
More so, the overall best farmer across the state earned a cash sum of N2 million, among other things.
