Babalola Akinola was born 15th of May, 1972 in Ekiti state, Nigeria. He completed his primary education in 1984, had his secondary school leaving certificate in 1989. He obtained his BSc in Agronomy in 1997, and MSc in agricultural economics in 2002 from the University of Ibadan and PhD from Babcock University in 2012, where he currently lectures.