₦airaland Forum

Dr. Paul Adoyi is the Chief Executive Officer of FarmerGiant Nigeria – which he started in the year 2013 in Lagos. He has since transported the company to the city of Ibadan to take advantage of the agrarian space we have here. Perhaps what was most encouraging for me about the program was that the company decided to unveil its new face on the day of the 65th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence from British rule. Paul Adoyi is a strong believer in Nigeria. He is convinced that Nigeria of today can work, and that the various encouragement that the Tinubu government is giving the private sector will ultimately benefit Nigerians themselves. Dr. Paul told the guests that since it became increasingly difficult to access forex for business, FarmerGiant has diversified its production – so that 87% of the raw materials they need for producing their equipment are sourced locally. The result is that the company hardly import anything today, while job opportunities are opening up for Nigerian skilled workers.

The day was filled with fun: eating, merriment and even games.

Dr. Paul took guests all around the company facility and showed us the things that they produce. So, FarmerGiant, has two main arms: they are into agricultural consultancy. Where they help people set up farms, they help to equip these farms, and ensure that these farms are running and profitable. To prove that they are adept in farm management, they have quite a number of plant and animal farms all around Ibadan. On the flip side, they have also diversified into agricultural equipment production. So, they make incubators to hatch chicks and various poultry equipment; they manufacture various equipment for producing Garri in large scale; they have different milling machines, and all kinds of agricultural farm devices. Dr. Paul informed the guests that he had been working closely with graduates of the Agricultural Engineering department of the University of Ibadan to produce these devices. FarmerGiant is the first agricultural company in Nigeria to go digital. They promote their equipment online, and they can be reached easily on farmergiant.ng.

Dr. Paul Adoyi’s vision is that Nigeria can take advantage of agriculture to be successful. He believes that the large agrarian land in Nigeria can very easily be cultivated by Nigerians themselves to make good money. This way, the country becomes increasingly less dependent on import goods, and Nigerian can patronize locally made good and services. This will make jobs available for the teaming unemployed youths in our country, and at the same time give strength to the economy. When Dr. Adoyi chose to celebrate his company’s new face with the birth of Nigeria at independence, he was making a strong statement that he believes in Nigeria and that agriculture is one of those sectors that can make this country great.

Website: www.farmergiant.ng
Tel: +2348132530775


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