THOMAS OLUSHOLA DEBO: THE YOUNG AGRO-ENTREPRENEUR KING MAKING WAVES IN NIGERIA. Femi Ojo
Agriculture is perhaps and arguably the last frontier and indeed offers hope for economic empowerment and many opportunities for Nigeria and Africa as a whole. The great potentials in this sector are enormous but unfortunately many of our young Nigerians (including yours truly) are sitting on this gold-mine complaining and frustrated about how horrible the economy of our nation has turned out to be. But in faraway town of Ogbomoso in Oyo State is a young man, Debo Olushola Thomas who is energized and motivated to create something different in agricultural sector. The young agro-entrepreneur who barely managed to complete his secondary school and who could not further in tertiary education, is today one of the biggest agro- real-estate entrepreneurs in Nigeria. Though he may not possess any formal degree from any university but he is an encyclopedia on agricultural business and this intellectual attribute has made him to be widely consulted by those...