Oluyomi Ola-David Insights

Learning never ends Prudence is always a student Thoughts are always welcome The mind will always ask ... Here was my response to the learning event I recently attended: I was thoroughly enlightened by your brilliant keynote, though I had to hurry out to another scheduled task during the Q&A session. Owing to my penchant for the poor, despised, and excluded segments of society, I noticed when you referred to the smallholder farmers, to whom most of Nigeria owes her nutrition security, as 'illiterates'. These ignorant and unlearned ones may be 'illiterates" by Western education standards, but I sure think they have sufficiently commendable native sense to have remained productive throughout the ages. My stance: what we need to do is make them see their innate capacity to innovate and upgrade their productive capabilities, not cast aspersion on their little strengths. Inclusive systems of local governance can help here. My question is: how are DFIs like the AfDB work

Now, there are teachers everywhere Speakers in every place And trainers on every hill So, I am always learning Now, there are sages everywhere Guides in every field And stars on every stage So, I am always learning Now, there are shepherds everywhere Wolves in every garment And hunters in every forest  So, I am getting learned Now, there are history lines everywhere Tales on every tongue And trophies in every glass So, I am always learning Now, there are facts everywhere News in every club And ancients words on every table So, I am always learning Now, there are leaders everywhere Sales in every shop And selfish ravens on every lane So, I am getting learned Now, there are animals everywhere Nature in every air And systems in every habitat So, I am always learning Now, there are mountains everywhere  Lilies in every valley And thorns on every rose So, I am always learning Now, there are grasses everywhere Scorpions lying in every sand And snakes on every apple stand So, I am getting lea

In the thoughtfulness of the United Nations, 2021 was christened the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV2021). In this post, I will like to advocate that IYFV2021 does not end as a cliche, it should permeate our daily lives and culture. Two aspects of consumption are vital to the health, sustainable development and prosperity of individuals, as distinct economic agents - foods consumption and words consumption. By words consumption, I refer to the pace, pattern and content (PPC) of the human learning experience. To my mind, the PPC determines the pace and pattern of human development. Learning is multifaceted, so it may involve observation as well as reception of words communicated through a variety of media.  Whenever the human mind keeps learning, it tends to stay agile, creative, and productive. On the other hand, at whatever point in the continuum of life when we choose to stop learning, a subscription to the gradual depletion of our mental resources is activated.  Ju