GCIOBA 2025 Annual Public Lecture
2025 GCIOBA Annual Public Lecture delivered by Prof. Olugbenga Ogunmoyela, CEO, Glytabs Consulting Limited.
Title: “Leadership Imperatives for Feeding the Nation: Agriculture, Innovation, and the Nigerian Possibility”
Nigeria’s food crisis is not about lack of resources, it’s about leadership, discipline, and political will. Prof. Ogunmoyela’s powerful lecture called for a national rebirth through food security and innovation-driven agriculture.
Key Takeaways:
1. Food Security is National Security: A nation that cannot feed itself cannot truly be free. Hunger threatens our stability, sovereignty, and future.
2. The Nigerian Paradox: Despite 70 million hectares of arable land, over 40% of Nigerian children are stunted. We have abundance, yet live in scarcity.
3. Root Causes: Policy inconsistency, corruption, insecurity, climate change, weak infrastructure, low value addition, youth disinterest, and overdependence on imports.
4. Lessons from Other Nations:
Singapore showed the power of discipline and innovation.
China and India proved that political will and science can end hunger.
Brazil demonstrated that investing in smallholders and R&D transforms economies.
5. The Way Forward (7-Point Agenda):
1️⃣ Political will & policy consistency
2️⃣ Peace & security for farmers
3️⃣ Climate-smart agriculture
4️⃣ Infrastructure & value-chain development
5️⃣ Youth & technology in agriculture
6️⃣ Nutrition-focused programs
7️⃣ Regional/global partnerships rooted in self-reliance
Prof. Ogunmoyela’s Call to Action:
“We don’t need new policies, we need new drive, new discipline, and new national orientation.
A nation that cannot feed itself cannot truly be great.”
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