Tuesday, June 24, 2025 - Professor Nasir Hassan-Wagini from the Biology Department at Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU) in Katsina State has encouraged students and young people to engage in small businesses instead of waiting for white-collar jobs.
He shared this advice during an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria on Monday, June 23, 2025, at a weekly market in Batsari,
Katsina, where he sells vegetables.
Hassan-Wagini, who comes from a farming background, mentioned that he grew up as a farmer and started his own produce business at a young age. He noted that his story gained attention after he was promoted to the rank of professor.
“My call to the NCE, Diploma and degree graduates is that they
should feel free and start small businesses in their communities instead of
staying idle,” he said.
“I’m a professor of plant resources at UMYU, I want youths and
students to look at me, know my rank and position, and I still engage in small
business of this nature.
"That may clear their minds because they feel ashamed and
too-big to go into such type of small businesses.
"What matters is what you are contributing to the
society. So, stop staying at home doing nothing when you did not get job, start
with small businesses like this one.
"Our youths should stop going to other places looking for
job, they should get into farming and other small businesses to become
self-reliant.
"Self-reliance is key to successful life. Try to merge
your education with vocational skills for your own good,” he said.
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