Major stakeholders in the Nigerian agricultural sector has expressed their desire to partner with Premier Agribusiness Academy on capacity building for business sustainability and profitability while commending the academy for their quality of training and facilitators.
The stakeholders which includes Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Rome Business School etc. made this known during a recently concluded leadership training organized by Premier Agribusiness Academy’s in Lagos.
Speaking shortly after the training, the Director General of Nigeria Agribusiness Group (NABG) Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari who was a participant at the executive education course designed for CEOs, COOs MDs, Business owners and Managers hinted that, the agribusiness sector in Nigeria is not structured and developed enough and as a result, major decision makers in the sector will need to acquire efficient leadership tools like those taught at Premier Agribusiness Academy’s organized trainings to enable them make decisions that will develop their businesses and most importantly help structure the sector.
Maigari who applauded the quality of training and facilitators at the training said: “I don’t think there is any other academy providing top level management training like this in the sector.
“Premier Agribusiness Academy has come in handy to fill a gap that no one has been able to identify let alone meet. The Academy has created a niche for itself that nobody may be able to compete with both in terms of the quality of training and the trainer, Adm. Toromade Francis, a renowned and one of the best agribusiness experts in Nigeria”.
Another participant at the training, Prof. Veronica Obatolu, Executive Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training Commended Agribusiness school and highlighted ways the research institute can collaborate with the academy while expressing her desire to do so.
“There are so many ways our organization can collaborate with Premier Agribusiness Academy especially in the area of agricultural value chain. Our institute deals with so many agricultural crops starting from the beginning which is the soil until it gets to the consumer and I see many ways we can collaborate in terms of livestock, domestic improvement, processing and human capacity development.”
Commenting on the importance of the training, Prof. Obatolu said, “the course ‘Critical thinking and problem solving skill for decision making’, is a good course that has given me a new perception regarding decision making, not just to focus on a particular method but to able to combine both critical and creative thinking in order to be able to make good decisions that will help in the upliftment of the organization that I am leading”
“I think that all leaders of agricultural organizations need to be part of it”.
Mr Egbebe Godwin, Chairman Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) Lagos State Chapter who was also a participant at the training said: “I am happy that I attended this course because it is needed to bridge the gap between agriculture and business so that we can have a successful practice of agribusiness. A lot of people know how to bring the concept of science and business together; they only know agriculture but there are ignorant of the business aspect of it. I am particularly delighted to have been a part of this training because it has exposed me to better ways to manage my business and also convince other PAN members to partner with Premier Agribusiness Academy to learn world’s best management practices that will help them develop their businesses and agriculture in Nigeria.
Commenting also, Dr. Olufemi Oladunni of Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), revealed that functioning efficiently as a Chief Executive requires a lot of creative and critical thinking to solve problems especially in the agriculture and rural development sector of the Nigerian economy.
He expressed delight to have been a participant of the training and lauded Premier Agribusiness Academy for the initiative adding that, the knowledge he has acquired will help him function better and more efficiently as a Chief Executive Officer.
He expressed his intention to collaborate with the academy by introducing agribusiness components into the agricultural value chain, through the training of young members in experiential learning adding that, this knowledge will help them in delivering their mandate to the institute and country at large.
On the part of Dr. Humphrey Akanazu, Country Director, Rome Business School, the knowledge impacted in Premier Agribusiness Academy trainings are skills that can be applied in any business environment not only agriculture.
In his words: “It is key for top management staff of companies and organizations to make quality business and management decisions and Premier Agribusiness Academy delivers top notch leadership and management trainings” he said.
Premier Agribusiness Academy is school designed to bridge the gap between agriculture and business management in the Nigerian agricultural sector through quality training on human capital development, business management, marketing and sales of agricultural products, production, logistics, distribution etc. and according to the Director General of the academy, Adm. Francis Toromade, the subject “Creative Thinking and Problem-solving Skills for Decision making” is a course that is transforming agribusinesses in Nigeria.
“The purpose of the course is to help participants develop their creative thinking ability and use it as a tool to effectively make excellent business and organizational decisions. He added that, the Academy has had participants from Animalcare, AmoByng, Hybrid Feeds, Apples and Pears, Turner Wright, Diversay Solutions, Context, Norgem and other top leading firms in this Industry” he said.
He further revealed that another training session will take place on the 16th of January, 2020 at Lagos Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos state.
