I ran into trouble on my multi-million Naira farm in Nigeria after quitting mortuary job in the US – Oyekoya

0
282


By Ebun Sessou

Prince Wale Oyekoya, Chairman, Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Agriculture and General Managing Director, Bama Group of Companies, had his education in Nigeria and the United States. Presiding over an enterprise worth hundreds of millions of Naira today, Oyekoya speaks on how it all started with an investment worth N100, 000 in farming. 

•Oyekoya

Struggle

In the United States, I did all kinds of odd jobs to sustain myself. I worked in some restaurants. I also worked as security guard and mortuary attendant. While working, I was also studying at the University of Alabama. After finishing at the University of Alabama, I moved to New York with my family. In New York, I secured a job as a social worker. But I did not find fulfilment in being an employee. I quit. I then worked in the agricultural sector of the cooperative society in New York City.

I did…



Read More…..Vanguard Newspaper