08-21-2025, 10:31 AM
You cannot pour almost all your resources into farming and expect instant success.
Farming requires patience, time, and careful growth. Many of the capital crashes we hear about often come from reckless investing and poor management.
On a farm visit to a nearby village, I witnessed a sad but familiar story.
A man who grew up in that same village decided to invest some of his money—not just for profit, but also to create jobs and bring development. After three years, his entire investment collapsed.
Why?
He believed people in the community would dedicate themselves to hard work and earn a living. Instead, many of them looked for ways to drain his investment.
When his chickens started laying eggs, the very workers he employed stole and sold them. Feed disappeared, farming equipment was stolen, and over time, a multi-million-naira investment vanished.
Fortunately, he was a businessman with other ventures. He moved on, but the villagers who betrayed his trust remained trapped in poverty.
I also know another man who shared his experience in goat farming. After almost three years, his investment disappeared too—not because goats failed, but because those entrusted with the project stole and sold them.
Sometimes they even lied, claiming sickness as an excuse for selling the animals. When he realized his project was collapsing, he sold off the little that remained.
The lesson is clear:
Be very careful about who you employ and why you are employing them. Your workers can either build your dream or destroy it.
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Farming requires patience, time, and careful growth. Many of the capital crashes we hear about often come from reckless investing and poor management.
On a farm visit to a nearby village, I witnessed a sad but familiar story.
A man who grew up in that same village decided to invest some of his money—not just for profit, but also to create jobs and bring development. After three years, his entire investment collapsed.
Why?
He believed people in the community would dedicate themselves to hard work and earn a living. Instead, many of them looked for ways to drain his investment.
When his chickens started laying eggs, the very workers he employed stole and sold them. Feed disappeared, farming equipment was stolen, and over time, a multi-million-naira investment vanished.
Fortunately, he was a businessman with other ventures. He moved on, but the villagers who betrayed his trust remained trapped in poverty.
I also know another man who shared his experience in goat farming. After almost three years, his investment disappeared too—not because goats failed, but because those entrusted with the project stole and sold them.
Sometimes they even lied, claiming sickness as an excuse for selling the animals. When he realized his project was collapsing, he sold off the little that remained.
The lesson is clear:
Be very careful about who you employ and why you are employing them. Your workers can either build your dream or destroy it.
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