tit all started with Chief Olusegun Obasnjo appearing in a video that went viral with him spotted in a Texas cow boy Hat,. I own Texas with Capital at Austin. Up Austin. Baba obasanjo in short sleeve top and as his paiir of shorts , he had what could be referred to as the English version of Kembe, the grand papa of trousers or shorts but this in American Khaki.
we were not alert enough to see what kind of footwear he put on but he might have been trying to dress like the youth he is out to encourage to embrace farming and agriculture.he has done it before with his initiative, operation feed the nation, i was incidentally part of that operation. Mission accomplish mission successful
baba obasanjo the world's greatest living farmer is the classical case of melting swords into ploughshares'
So the video of obasanjo went viral to be spotted by the heir to a 35 billion dollar fortune, michael chapman and impressed at the viewing of the viral video he said to himself , "here is a distinguished African Standing next to his yams. I want to stand on a yam farm too. and i would put ii on instagram." He goes onto the web looking for yam farms in new york, this new york known as the big apple but to his disappointment there are no yam farms in new york not even in tropical florida state. dThere and then after going onto the web and not finding ya farms in new york, there and then tmichael chapman heir to billions of dollars decides he is going to the ibogun farm, yam farm of baba obasanjo.
Michael chapman told by the tours and travel operator that if he was really interested in agriculture like baba obasanjo, chairman africa food prize committee his best bet is Bayela based, Sharon Idahosa CEO and managing partner of lets talk agriculture. PR agency she is touch with all those that matter as far as the whole value chain of agriculture is concerned. chapman is informed that the big yams are in Benue and that Benue state can feed africa ,then he gets to know of the new yam festival in enugu and informed is yam to Amala festival in Ibadan. An astronomy enthusiast he also expressed interest in a ann impending and rare eclipse of the moon over imeko in ogun .state
Arriving in Nigeria from the ikeja airport he is ferried by helicopter and lands at the globacom helipad in ijebu ode expressively to see Kabiyesi who is very welcoming of investors and what's more to see the worlds best preserved and best wellkept Palace,iFrom there it is to the abode of Obafemi awolowo referred to as the best president nigeria never had also there is to be seen a Rubber plantation hungry for investment.After ikkenne ,he touches down at Abeokuta just in time for the Ake Arts and culture festivals f./soon after, he is in Ibadan a culture capital and intellectual powr hoise for the Amala festival the main festval of the year but he told there are other festivals in the calendar like the Esan festival and izon festival of other ethni groups He pays a visit to the cutting edge international institute of tropical agriculture, also located on the out skirts of the worlds largest indigenous black city
Not done he meets with the financial inclusion leaders and advocates in Nigeria as led by Olu Akanmu,easily a professor of practice, , president and Ceo of Opay one of nigeria's Unicorns. they took the opportunity of meeting to discuss, the triple helix of university, government and industry also meets with Adewale Ajadi, polemicist, and consultant. Police trainer and leadership expert including amelia olalere leading a group of human resource managers and talent experts
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