Dr. Kefas Galadima is the Chief Executive Officer of Galad Investment.
He ventured into rice farm business to avoid being idle and jobless as
a graduate.
The zeal to become a self reliance and solve solve the insufficient
foods problem in the society pushed him to start the commercial
farming business with the capital of N150,000.
He said “I want to be self reliance,I sat down and cogitate and
discovered that Tertiary institutions are producing thousands of
graduates every year without seeking jobs and government cannot
provide job for everyone.
“With my commitment in service to humanity I was able to employ about
15 workers producing about 25,000 tonnes of rice Yearly and our breed
is unique in the market.
According to him his guiding principles to success lies on hard work,
exceptional products and meeting customers target.
The CEO urges the youths not to depend on white-collar job because
they will be at the losing end. He stressed that every youths are
advised to be creative and strive for what will bring food their
table.
The farmer stressed that lack of machineries for commercial farming,
poor storage facilities and no rice mill for processing the produces
are their major setback.
