Dongreat:
When first world countries and serious developing countries are busy giving grants to students for research, subsidizing education and promoting innovation because they know the everlasting values of education and educated nations, one failure who is unable to pay salaries despite having funds and even being bailed before with huge funds is saying the opposite and proud about it. A governor who can't boost of one achievement except the purchase of a private helicopter (which is still n achievement) is still unashamed to talk. Lucky him that an average Nigeria (which is majority) is uneducated about democracy and ignorant about their rights else he would have been in orange uniform, getting his ugly behind destroyed without differentiating between a yawn or whisper when he fart.

Money from agriculture investments and agro economy means funds and grants for schools, research and innovations and last I checked, this governor invested more in education than any other states in Nigeria and the schools he's building and commissioning all over his state are the best in Nigeria so you are wrong with that flawed assumptions.


This man achieved more than nearly all the states in Nigeria apart from Lagos state and even better than Lagos when you factor in available funds.

This same man you just castigated is doing more than issuing grants and building schools, he's actually sending and funding his own people to the best places and agric power houses in the world for agric.

Nearly half of the state sin Nigeria collected bailout and maybe even your own state, but the man still achieved better than even states that did not.

You are of course free to show us how and where your own state governor funded research, issued grants and promoting innovations which I know you won't do since your own state is doing no such thing.

Please lay off hate and anger and focus on your own state or even show us how your own state is doing better than Osun state.

Osun’s Agric Trainees In Germany Vow To Turn Around Agriculture Business In Osun, Nigeria



*Excited over exposures to new agric. technologies

Exactly three weeks after leaving Osun, Nigeria and arriving in the State of Saxony-Anhalt for their three months intensive training in agriculture and food production technology, beneficiaries of the scheme have expressed high hopes that Nigeria’s fate lies in modern agriculture enterprises.

The beneficiaries, who shared their experiences with a German newspaper A-Z Online revealed how their three weeks already spent in Germany have shown that Nigeria’s economy had refused to grow because of the country’s over-dependence on oil.

The ongoing training is in furtherance of the collaboration between the State Government of Osun and the state of Saxony-Anhalt Germany. ‎

‎The training is in continuation of government’s drive to revolutionise agriculture in the state under the Osun Rural Enterprise and Agriculture Programme (O’REAP) and boost food productions for local consumption as well as export.‎

http://www.theparadigmng.com/2016/07/24/osuns-agric-trainees-germany-vow-turn-around-agriculture-business-osun-nigeria/



The man is doing more than grant or whatever you are talking about, he's actually putting his money where is mouth is, but what is your own state doing? Nothing..


All you people do is hate, but can never show us how your own states are better or doing what you spew against other people...

For Government House and go and look for your ancestral land to farm

adedayoadedeji:


Really, learning a trade is also education. Don't see much difference between the 4 walls of a school.

All that matters is deciding to learn something and focus all your energy to it with dedication.

Bible says, " I will bless the works of your hand". Sometimes, I wish i had learnt a trade rather than the 7 years(including ASUU strike) i spent in school.

good answer.
Also one has to determine before hand what he or she is going to university for, if it is just to get a job after the schooling, then I am sorry.

it's official we ain't going anywhere

Why not you & your children go first?

Some people don't have the moral right to give certain advice especially if you are not leading by example..

9jakohai:
Hmm....

He does have a point....agricultural enterprises can make one rich, and can add value and jobs to the local community.

And if we were serious....it could be a forex earner for the country.

Don't write off Aregbe's advice....there is some wisdom in it. An office job is not the be all end all.

You are right just as he is, but leaders should leader by example. He should drop his position of seat and come and lead us in the farm

idiotica talk.
see ya jaw.
how many of ya children ar into farming?
none abi? see ya mouth.

which farm? are his children also there or are they abroad?

Will Aregbesola also go back to farm, or at least provide the modalities for people to go back to farm?

Then what will you be doing in that seat as a governor. . . Brainless leader with no future plans for his people.

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idiot governor

Hypocrite fellow. Is that what you tell Ur Children to do?

temitemi1:
tell that to ur children

Let kabiru show example

temitemi1:
tell that to ur children

abdoul88:
If that is what you want rather invest in agriculture and forget education. Why all the rubbish statements?

Benita27:
Asking graduates to dump their certificate and go into farming is unedifying.

chi4ik:
his children should go back to farm... God will punish all these old fools called our leaders that are frustrating Nigerians. who farming don epp?

biggerboyc:
Nothing wey we no go hear. Then he should close down the school to prove his point. Or what use is school when the advise that comes out of his mouth is trash.

ziddy:
Aregbe is insane!

its really a pity.. I'm very sure most of you didn't even read the article before commenting impulsively. Most Nairalanders reek of ignorance. Most of y'all just read the thread topic and conclude. Most of you fail to understand that journalists use eye catchy headlines just to attract views. Try reading before spewing nonsense, it will help you.

This man has no sense at all. when he should forget his office as a governor and go to farm too. yeye man

Useless "leaders" that have no direction.

They do politics for politics only.

Khalhabs:






its really a pity.. I'm very sure most of you didn't even read the article before commenting impulsively. Most Nairalanders reek of ignorance. Most of y'all just read the thread topic and conclude. Most of you fail to understand that journalists use eye catchy headlines just to attract views. Try reading before spewing nonsense, it will help you.

Brother whether I read or not it's non of your business and calling my post nonsense shows your level of sense.

After reading comments on this thread, I have come to the conclusion that Nigeria has a long way to go.

He is 100% right.

Yaayyyy **dancing** let's all go farming!! . smh, that's the best a 21st century Nigerian leader can come up with.

Khalhabs:






its really a pity.. I'm very sure most of you didn't even read the article before commenting impulsively. Most Nairalanders reek of ignorance. Most of y'all just read the thread topic and conclude. Most of you fail to understand that journalists use eye catchy headlines just to attract views. Try reading before spewing nonsense, it will help you.

The people you are talking about are not most, they are the usual bitter, angry and hate mongering bigots and they are doing what they do best which is hate mongering.

These characters can not even show you anything positive from their own states.

biggerboyc:

Brother whether I read or not it's non of your business and calling my post nonsense shows your level of sense.

What you post on a public form is everybody's business.

Asking the man to close down schools just because he advised unemployed graduates to look into farming and other opportunities was indeed nonsense.

Congrats Rauf.
I am not surprised, one can only give what they have. Please issue an Executive Order closing ALL the higher institutions in Osun State.
I believe when you have given them all your grand-father's free lands to farm, you would not need to train a new set of your citizens in the required skills-set to take over from the aging farmers.

porozhniy:
I can't work the land, but I'd like to rear cattle for milk and other associated products. [/b]We spend about $350m importing milk annually[b]. Our local cattle breeds don't produce a lot of milk, importing even one exotic breed cost an arm and a leg.
Even these exotic breeds will not survive here if not properly managed.
Yes, Agriculture is very lucrative...mechanised Agriculture, not the type advocated by our useless leaders.

Wrong.
http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21653616-what-milk-trade-reveals-about-country-uncowed.

http://worldstagegroup.com/wap/readnews.php?id=26465

This link could be of interest to you. https://www.nairaland.com/1812127/cattle-fattening-goat-farming-dairy Where do intend starting your dairy facility?

Mine is uninterrupted power supply. Entrepreneurship in Nigeria isn't for the fainthearted.

guiddoti:
This man has no sense at all. when he should forget his office as a governor and go to farm too. yeye man

That's exactly what I was about to say....... why didn't he abandon his office, and politics entirely and start farming

temitemi1:
tell that to ur children

I was going to say this. The man is not serious Omolomo lan ran nise de toru toru

oponuuuunn

deomelo:



What you post on a public form is everybody's business.

Asking the man to close down schools just because he advised unemployed graduates to look into farming and other opportunities was indeed nonsense.

First of all the man is not on nairaland. And secondly we can't think the same way. You are entitled to your own opinion that's why each comment has its source. If this is how you reply someone with insult real life you might on day get in trouble

deomelo:




The people you are talking about are not most, they are the usual bitter, angry and hate mongering bigots and they are doing what they do best which is hate mongering.

These characters can not even show you anything positive from their own states.

Bro, it's not just about anger or bigotry with these Nairalanders. Many here are just simply too unintelligent. Critical thinking is ZERO here.

Lautechgossip:
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun have charged university graduates to dump their certificates and go back to farm, urging them to see agriculture as viable alternative to white collar job.

The governor said the call was necessary due to the menace of unemployment among Nigerian youths.

Aregbesola gave the charge while delivering a speech at the 6th Convocation Ceremony of Fountain University, Osogbo, adding that the present economic situation has shown Nigerians the need to encourage farming as the only alternative to crude oil.

He explained that there was no aspect of life that could do without agriculture, saying Nigerian graduates must henceforth stop searching for formal jobs that realistically remained elusive.

He called for productivity, resilience and hard-work among Nigerians, stressing that the present nation’s economy demands one to be self-employed.

Aregbesola noted that there is no other alternative to sustain Nigerian economy than to build and encourage requisite interest in agriculture and brace up with anything that could promote food security.

The governor maintained that all Nigerians, as a matter of urgency should invest in things that would enhance farming in the next five years if truly the nation was ready to overcome her present economic challenges.

Lamenting the glut in the global oil market, which has brought about dwindling revenues to all tiers of government, Aregbesola emphasised the need for massive participation in agriculture.

“There is need for us , especially our young graduand’s to lead the nation in promoting agriculture as the only realistic surviving alternative to economy.

“We must not but embrace farming because it is only agriculture that has direct links to all aspects of life.

“Nigeria has grown to the stage through which her food production capacity must be urgently expanded to meet the general needs of the citizenry and as well enhance exportation.

“The time to enhance productivity has come. We must all embrace productivity. We must produce whatever we desire to consume”, he added.

Congratulating the graduating students, Aregbesola charged them to adapt to the virtues they acquired from the institution.
He called on them to get prepared for the challenges ahead and life after university which he described as “challenging.”

“You must all prepare the challenges ahead especially at this period of over saturated tendencies of labour market. You need grim determination to succeed. You must be rational and critical in the application of the knowledge you have acquired”.

Aregbesola appealed to those who are perpetrating violence and criminality in the name of Islam to have a rethink, using the precious and reputable saying, “violence is directly antithetical to Islam.”

Earlier in his lecture, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, who is the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission(NUC)and the Guest Speaker at the event charged both private and public organisations in the country on the need to invest more in education.

He said the country has gone to a stage where education should be seen by all as a bedrock for national development, hence calls for the need to encourage participation in both basic and higher education.

He implored stakeholders in the private and public institutions in the country to rescue the nation from her present education backwardness as a matter of urgency, by establishing more universities.

Meanwhile, in his remarks, the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdullateef Usman called for better funding of university education.

He said the country can only develop if proper attention is given by all towards the provision of quality education.

Prof. Usman called on government to further invest in education, saying doing this would save the country and as well serve as panacea to economic growth and development.

“Our governments must do more in educating citizens who are expected to pilot the future affairs of the nation.

“If we really want to develop capacity in quality education and churning out graduates equipped with required virtues, thus no stone must be left unturned in ensuring better and adequate funding.

“The governments are expected to do the needful by earmarking better funds to support education both in terms of academic infrastructures and finances”.

Prof. Usman congratulated the 128 graduating students, advised them to multiply the virtues acquired in the university as they go into the new world of challenges.

http://www.kikiotolu.com/2017/01/forget-your-university-certificates-go.html

Start with your children madman