Between 1979 and 1981, he was also at the University of Exeter (MARJONS), Plymouth, United Kingdom, where he obtained a Bachelor of Education degree (English).
He was also at the University of Birmingham, School of Public Policy in October 2003 for the Certificate in Management Contracting & Partnership for Service Delivery.
Upon his return to Nigeria, he was posted to Army Day Secondary School, Abakpa, Enugu, for the National Youth Service Corps.
[1] By 1999, Agada was again elevated to the position of Permanent Secretary, Benue State Ministry of Information, Youth, Sports and Culture.
He left the Ministerial position in October 2008 but by March 2009, he was appointed as the chairman, Governing Board of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Abuja.
On 17 August 2017, he was honoured with the title of Africa's Patriotic Personality of the Year by the African Students Union Parliament, (ASUP).
[12] He was also the Secretary General, National Orokam-Aroji Summit from 1992 to 1999 and chairman of the boardof Zion Micro-Finance Bank, Makurdi between 2006 and 2008.