INSPIRATIONAL! Adesina, a Nigerian agriculture minister named African Person of the Year 2013-Forbes

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, a passionate defender of African farmers, relentless in unlocking opportunities for farmers and changing Africa’s narrative on agriculture to wealth creation, away from poverty reduction has been named Forbes African Person of the Year. He was bestowed the award  according to report because of his remarkable reforms in Nigeria’s agriculture sector.
Akinwunmi beat Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, Jim Ovia, Chairman of the Zenith Bank Group, Strive Masiyiwa, founder of Global Telecoms group and South African mining magnate, Patrice Motsepe.
According to source,His initiatives in agriculture have empowered about six million farmers across Nigeria to embrace modern day agriculture.
Information gathered from Nigeria shows that Adesina’s impact in the agriculture sector within two years in office turned agriculture away from being a development program into a business activity generating wealth for millions of farmers.
 According to the minister he has made it known  that Africa, with its huge potential, could not be ‘a museum of poverty.’
“My passion is using agricultural business and finance innovations to turn Nigerian and African farmers and agribusinesses into millionaires and billionaires. Nigeria must become a global powerhouse in agriculture,” he stated.
 it may interest you to know that..The World Bank, African Development Bank and other global development finance institutions have put up over USD 2 billion in support of his bold initiatives.“Adesina has totally revolutionized agriculture into a business, and banks and private investors are all moving to the agriculture sector. He has made agriculture very exciting, turning it into Nigeria’s new oil”Details...