By Tukeni Obasi In spite of everything going on in this country, I still believe we live in interesting and important times. For us under-30s, the rhetoric of revolution and transformation is the essence of our youth. But many times I wonder how our parents felt in their day. How did they feel...

By Tukeni Obasi I started the policy lessons from history series last month with the story of the National Accelerated Food Production Programme (NAFPP). For the benefit of those who missed that article, I will provide a brief recap. The programme was geared towards increasing the...

By Tukeni Obasi Last week, I shared the story of a young entrepreneur and agribusiness strategist, Simileoluwa Lawson. He is one of the minds behind The Global Farmers Register (globalfarmersregister.com), an online agribusiness inventory of all stakeholders in the agriculture industry which...

 By Tukeni Obasi As seen from the mobile phone saga of a few weeks ago, government policies are received differently by different Nigerians. While for the group of Nigerians in their twenties, the news of a policy which is purported to create 3 million jobs and really transform the...

By Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development. When the story of 10 million phones costing 60 billion naira for Nigerian farmers first made the headlines, I immediately put out a press release denying that the Ministry of Agriculture was planning to...

By Tukeni Obasi A recent report alleging that the federal government has earmarked N60 billion to buy 10 million mobile phones for distribution to farmers has irked more than a handful of Nigerians. While some have described the policy as a “half-brained initiative”, others have criticized...