Before her appointment as the Commissioner for Agriculture, In 2011 Abisola joined Olam International, one of the world’s largest food & agriculture supply chain companies under its West African management training programme.
Recognised for her performance, participative execution, management style, and proficiency in establishing and managing operations, Abisola’s tenacity and grit earned her a senior management role within the span of 2 years At Olam, she worked with global stakeholders in the food and agriculture supply chain businesses in Mozambique, Cameroun, Vietnam, Thailand, India, UAE, and Singapore.
First appointed as Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Agriculture 2019 due to her knowledge of the agricultural ecosystem and strategies on food security Babajide Sanwoolu entrusted the Lagos Rice Mill project to her, and she helped consolidate the management and operations strategy.
By November 2020, Abisola was made Commissioner of Agriculture– becoming the first female to take up the role in the Ministry in its 56 years of existence. So far The Ministry launched the 5-year Lagos State Agricultural & Food systems roadmap under her leadership..
The aim of the roadmap is to highlight the attractiveness of the sector, with private sector players as the key drivers. One of the programs dear to her heart is The Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (LAP).
A social intervention programme aimed at exposing the youths to agriculture via training, utilising modern agricultural techniques and practices towards job and wealth creation. The programme’s target is to train 15,000 youths.
– Culled from BusinessDay Newspaper
