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| The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 9:47am On Jul 19, 2012 |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 1:24pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
He said: “It was unanimously agreed by all members of our association that the price of bread be increased by 20 per cent, due to the recently introduced levy of 15 per cent on importation of wheat.” He expressed the readiness of the association to reduce the price, “as soon as the prices of flour and other additives are reduced” as a result of the Federal Government’s policy on cassava flour. He appealed to all consumers of bread in the country “to bear with us and accept the new price in good faith.” The bakers’ chairman, while speaking on the new initiative by the Federal Government to inculcate the habit of cassava bread in Nigerians, noted that it would “take time before the policy can be achieved.” He advised the Federal Government to ensure adequate training for bakers all over the country and provide equipment for bakers in the country. He also opined that the only thing Nigeria could achieve in the use of cassava flour for now is mixing 20 per cent of cassava flour with 80 per cent wheat flour as against the 40 per cent cassava flour, being advocated by the Federal Government. A director at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Titus Adetunji, while speaking at the press briefing, insisted that the Federal Government had no intention of increasing bread price with the introduction of cassava bread initiative. He stated that the whole idea behind the policy “is to give cassava flour advantage over wheat flour and reduce importation of wheat and at the same time, increase cassava production in the country.” |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by uzomagic(m): 1:34pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
GEJ promised transformation. Transformation can never come easily. To transform means to change the form and shape of so many things. In the process, there has to be a visible change in established practices. There has to be a change in attitude. There has to be a change in prevailing market price of so many things. There has to be change in strategy. That is what we are seeding today. It's never going to be easy. But we will get there |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 1:51pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
uzomagic: GEJ promised transformation. Transformation can never come easily. To transform means to change the form and shape of so many things. In the process, there has to be a visible change in established practices. There has to be a change in attitude. There has to be a change in prevailing market price of so many things. There has to be change in strategy. That is what we are seeding today. It's never going to be easy. But we will get there You dey read at all? The Bakers association is telling you that what the administration is pushing, they are not trained on, and so the administration will likely need to spend Billions of Naira to train all bakers, and purchase for them the right tools, so they can accomplish this new requirement. [size=13pt]He advised the Federal Government to ensure adequate training for bakers all over the country and provide equipment for bakers in the country. He also opined that the only thing Nigeria could achieve in the use of cassava flour for now is mixing 20 per cent of cassava flour with 80 per cent wheat flour as against the 40 per cent cassava flour, being advocated by the Federal Government.[/size] Is this what your lecture on transformation is about?  Spend billions more to save less billions? |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 2:05pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Kobojunkie:You should go and read the article and see whether your proposal for training and equipment makes any sense. the man accepted that they are currently using only 20% of cassava flour mix. So if this is the case, do they need additional training and equipment to make it to 40 %? Can't you see how bad a president you will be in aligning yourself with this illogical proposal? Left for you, we will release another billions for training and equipment for 40% usage of cassava bread flour. Sorry. That era of waste and profligacy is gone. This is time for transformation. 1 Like |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Elueme: 2:31pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
There is no special training required for baking cassava flour compared to baking wheat flour.. What the chairman was canvassing for was a gradual step process before reaching govt's 40% expectation.. Reason could be that the bakers didn't want a total change of favour which could affect demands.. Economy transformation doesn't promise to be rosy at the initials but ll however yield its intended objective after a short while.. As someone said earlier, we ll be expecting some slight discomforts but ll however be a collective sacrifice.. We need sincere policies to change our economy fortunes, the earlier we start promoting our local products the better for our foreign exchange.. It is a policy most countries like China, India , Japan etc embarked on before skyrocketing into developed nation( India however not yet a developed nation but had made a great economy success in less than 20 yrs) 1 Like |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 2:40pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Elueme: There is no special training required for baking cassava flour compared to baking wheat flour.. What the chairman was canvassing for was a gradual step process before reaching govt's 40% expectation.. Reason could be that the bakers didn't want a total change of favour which could affect demands.. Economy transformation doesn't promise to be rosy at the initials but ll however yield its intended objective after a short while.. As someone said earlier, we ll be expecting some slight discomforts but ll however be a collective sacrifice.. We need sincere policies to change our economy fortunes, the earlier we start promoting our local products the better for our foreign exchange.. It is a policy most countries like China, India , Japan etc embarked on before skyrocketing into developed nation( India however not yet a developed nation but had made a great economy success in less than 20 yrs)WORD! |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 2:47pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
We have never had it so good. This was how THISDAY, a leading newspaper in Nigeria, captured the ongoing transformation in our agricultural sector in its Sunday edition of May 27 th 2012. Haters please spare a look. Akinwunmi Adesina/Making Agriculture a Profitable Business ***** One of the stars of the cabinet and a first time Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina has in the past one year put in place measures to revolutionise the agriculture sector of the economy. His Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA), introduced shortly after he came on board, is geared towards fully tapping the potential of the sector that accounts for about 45 percent of the nation’s GDP and is the largest employer of labour in the country. In his one year in office, the minister succeeded in breaking the jinx in fertilizer distribution to farmers by beating the fertilizer cartel at their game. According to his plan, 20 million farmers across the country would benefit from the fertilizer voucher scheme and distribution of high-yield seedlings in the next four years. Already, his initiatives in the fertilizer distribution scheme are yielding fruit, as the middlemen who used to hoard the commodity have been taken out. Today, fertilizer is readily available to over 90 per cent of farmers in the country. In other areas, Adesina has spearheaded the use of cassava alongside wheat for the production of bread. His aim is to encourage the production of cassava and whittle down Nigeria’s over-reliance on imported wheat. In this regard, the import duty on wheat is expected to increase from next month. Another food crop that has been given a similar boost by the minister is rice, on which a higher import duty is to be imposed in order to encourage local rice production. Several states have capitalised on the minister’s programmes by entering into agreements with foreign rice producers to grow and produce polished rice in their states. In addition to enhancing productivity in the sector, the minister has initiated plans to build silos nationwide for the storage of food crops. He has also held a series of meetings with the Central Bank of Nigeria and commercial banks to make credit available to farmers at single-digit rates of interest. Although banks are still resistant to providing credit to the sector, observers believe that it is only a matter of time before they introduce specialised funding schemes to fund agriculture. As a mark of the confidence reposed in Adesina by President Goodluck Jonathan, his agitation for improved funding for the sector was accommodated in the 2012 budget. Also, in support of his revolution in agriculture, the World Bank is committing N139.5 billion (about $900 million) to help in ensuring food security in Nigeria. Complementing Adesina is Alhaji Bukar Tijani, Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 2:50pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
8 uzomagic: GEJ promised transformation. Transformation can never come easily. To transform means to change the form and shape of so many things. In the process, there has to be a visible change in established practices. There has to be a change in attitude. There has to be a change in prevailing market price of so many things. There has to be change in strategy. That is what we are seeding today. It's never going to be easy. But we will get there You dey read at all? The Bakers association is telling you that what the administration is pushing, they are not trained on, and so the administration will likely need to spend Billions of Naira to train all bakers, and purchase for them the right tools, so they can accomplish this new requirement. [size=13pt]He advised the Federal Government to ensure adequate training for bakers all over the country and provide equipment for bakers in the country. He also opined that the only thing Nigeria could achieve in the use of cassava flour for now is mixing 20 per cent of cassava flour with 80 per cent wheat flour as against the 40 per cent cassava flour, being advocated by the Federal Government.[/size] Is this what your lecture on transformation is about? Spend billions more to save less billions? |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 2:59pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Is there no way wheat can be grown in this country? The odor of cassava bread is horror ful. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Mandelaguy(m): 3:10pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Funny how every move made by GEJ to enhance living standards,increase productivity,push transformation is always met with opposition,simply because people are scared of change,yet this same people want growth,better living and change. Hmmmmmmmm.......Nigerians will not simply face the truth,which is that any form of genuine transformation will not be easy,but a minor discomfort will definitely yield the comfort,growth and stability in economy we have all been craving for. So,useless critics should STFU or go hug transformers at their various streets. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 3:16pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: Nigeria can produce wheat . . . it currently does, used to be one of the world heavies in wheat production, and can increase wheat production now if it wanted to. That is one of the reasons why this cassava policy makes no sense to me. Why move to cassava when you can as well increase wheat production and continue eating wheat, and still take advantage of the increase in cassava production. There is no real odor to cassava bread though just that it is not the same consistency. There is a store here that serves Cassava Cheese bread. It is good for occassional eating but I would not switch my wheat bread for it.  What I want to know is are cakes also going to be 40% Cassava with this new policy? |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 3:18pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: We have comparative advantage in cassava. It only makes economical sense that we maximise it's usage for our overall benefit. The odour of cassava cannot be felt after undergoing the processes of conversion to flour and eventual bakery. When cassava is processed into garri, it doesn't smell awful. The aroma is nice. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 3:35pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Moreover do you know when they do the cassava text baking at LEVENTIS in lagos FG with baker, before the bread comes out without much offensive odour they added some chemicals ( additives). this might be azzadious to health as well, but because the govt is only looking at the beneficial factors they may not bother to check how dangerous are this additives to our body. ANOTHER DISADVANTAGE OF THIS POLICY IS THAT IF GOVT INCREASE THE TARRIFF OF WHEAT FROM 20% TO 65% AS THEY PLAN LATTER, IT WILL ONLY ENCOURAGE SMULGLING OF WHEAT FLOUR. SOME MILLERS HAVE SISTER COMPANY IN OUR NEIGHBORING COUNTRY. IF NIGERIA TARIFF IS TOO HIGH, THEY WILL JUST DIVERT THEIR IMPORTED WHEAT TO THAT MILL, PRODUCE CHEAPER WHEAT FLOUR AND SMUGGLE IT TO THE COUNTRY. PRESENTLY THEY SELL 7400 INSTEAD OF 6200. WE ARE ARE MADE TO KNOW IS GOING TO INCREASE TO 11000. IF THEY SELL FLOUR FOR 5,000 IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND SELL 11,000 IN NIGERIA. ARE YOU TELLING ME PEOPLE WILL NOT SMULGGLE IT IN TO MAKE MORE PROFIT EVEN THOSE POLICY MAKER WILL QUICKLY GO INTO THE BUSINESS AND USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO BRING IT IN. I AM TALKING FROM EXPERIENCE. OUR POLITICIAN ARE HIPPOCRATES. FG SHOULD THINK WELL BEFORE EMBARKING ON POLICY MAKING. SOME POLICY MAY BE GOOD THEORETICALLY BUT NOT PRACTICABLE. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 3:38pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: Increasingly, you betray your ineptitude for any form of leadership whatsoever. Hear yourself " why move to cassava" . Even before this administration, it has been agreed that Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava. We have comparative advantage in the production of cassava. Cassava is part of our daily lives in Nigeria. It is the most visible crop in our farmlands. Cassava based foods like Garri and Santana are the most consummed in Nigeria. During OBJ days, he sought to process cassava for export. This govt came in and decided that beyond the export of cassava, we should try to evolve policies that will maximise the usage of cassava for our overall economic well being. This policy direction has been commended by all except Kobojunkie and OLD GBAWE. In his foolish thoughts, KOBOJUNKIE wants us to abandon the maximum utilisation of our surplus cassava to venture into the cultivation of wheat, which is a rare crop down south. There is just no end to the absurdity that these GEJ haters are willing to exhibit on Nairaland 1 Like |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 3:47pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: There is always the downside to all these sort of policies. I remember back during, I believe the Abacha years, when Rice importation was banned in favour of locally grown varieties. Turns out the politicians still ate their "banned" varieties whilst Nigerians were subjected to eating stone filled rice,and increase in demand only served to force the price on those up to the price of the foreign variety that it later made sense to purchase foreign, in some cases, smuggled rice, than the local. Like I said, I don't see the point of this policy as again, Nigeria has no problem producing wheat. Higher production of Cassava should not be reason enough to abandon needed wheat production and change our diets. If I don't plant maize but instead focus on planting Cassava. . . that should not be reason why I should then decide to eat Akamu made with half cassava, half maize. I can easily solve my situation by also increasing maize production. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 3:51pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Nigeria eat loads of cassava daily. That should be enough jor, Not in bread, do u want people to die of cassavanalism? The aroma of wheat bread cannot be duplicated. Let them grown wheat instead and make more money. This policy smell fishy just for few interest. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 4:10pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: I don't know the device you use in sending these posts that makes it appear in this sorry form, however permit me to respond to the issues you raised above. I appreciate your concerns about the effect of the new tariffs on the importation of wheat. It's a legitimate concern. Sure, desperate people would want to smuggle in the wheat through our porous borders. The truth, however, is that in the course of smuggling, the smugglers will encounter restrictions . Sure they will bribe their way through but the beauty of it all is that they will build the cost of such bribes and settlements into the price of wheat in the market. The target is that the price of wheat based bread becomes more higher than the cassava bread in the market. This will make the consumption of cassava bread more attractive than the wheat bread. If wheat flour bread sells at 400 a loaf and cassava bread sells for less than 200, demand will gradually shift to cassava bread and with it a corresponding demand on cassava production. That is the goal. If Kobojunkie likes, he can be eating his N400.00 bread with OLD GBAWE. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 4:12pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: I really wished we had more groups to analyze policies and investigate them a bit more |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Mrchippychappy(m): 4:33pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
For me i am AGAINST this cassava bread bullcrap ! 1. Cassava bread smells horrible. 2. Cassava has higher concentration of cyanide and if not properly treated could lead to food poisoning = death . 3. Cassava bread is of VERY low quality . Its bad enough that the so called wheat bread we have right now is of poor quality now think of how bad the cassava bread would be . 4. The Nutritional value of wheat bread is "out of this world" compared to Cassava bread . 5. Do we really have to spend billions to save billions  Where's the sense in that . |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dasparrow: 4:45pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Why can't Nigeria produce wheat flour? Is wheat that difficult to grow? Anyways, wetin concern me? You people in Nigeria are the ones affected by this policy. Fresh air! Enjoy it while it lasts. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by dedeike: 4:57pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Mr.chippychappy: Suddenly, we now have wheat bread activists because anything about GEJ must be opposed. Suddenly, they have discovered that cassava, which we have being drinking and consuming since birth as garri, akpu, tapioca, contains cyanide. Good morning Doctor! Suddenly, they now say cassava is of low quality but we owe our energy in Nigeria on its intake everyday. Suddenly, they are beginning to fabricate imaginary billions for spending by imaginary people. Where in that report did govt ever say they were going to spend billions on training bakers on the use of cassava flour? Where? Opposition can never get messier 1 Like |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Mrchippychappy(m): 5:01pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
dedeike: Do you think i am one of those PRO or ANTI GEJ paid goons here on Nairaland ? You should look at my past posts here , Me i be ONE MAN MOPO. I call a spade a spade , To me whats black is black and whats white is white , there are no grey areas . This Cassava bread policy would end up burning GEJ badly . If you are one of his paid activists then i'll advise you to go back to him and advise him that this cassava bread policy is UNPOPULAR WITH MOST NIGERIANS and he should desist from going ahead with it . |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 5:38pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
@dedeike i knw am not making ur job easy. But i can gategorically tell you that GEJ inherited this policy from Obasanjo govt which he tried do but failed and later try to advice 20%. arround 2006 Obasanjo force the millers to introduce cassava into wheat flour. i cant tell why but then the millers increased flour by 20% because then the cassava is even more expensive than wheat. because they import wheat did not neccasary means the bread is going to be cheaper for cassava. I support govt policy to boost our economy but let me assure you cassava bread may not neccasary be cheaper that but expensive than wheat bread. And most nigerian produce or process food are inferior. The coca cola i drink in asia is not the same in naija, same applys to other bad product. U never answered the chemical thing in cassava bread |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Johndoe100(m): 6:00pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: How is it that you who live in America always remember things happening in Nigeria. Please stop all this, it is really annoying. Always start these your fables with:- " I read online" or "some other hater told me" or "as part of my delusions I had a dream that" Really I don't know why these guys are always indulging you. By the way who is this us? You in America? |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 6:30pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
@Joedoe, the anti people, u are not following the thread. How u this mor0n, read and see reasons but no, u talking nonsense. U are just saying that just because u are anti masses? I am not anti Gej. But saving nigerians from disaster |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Johndoe100(m): 6:51pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
edogram.: Really, was this your post supposed to be in English? |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by edogram1(m): 7:13pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
No, its Jonajoedoe lauguage |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 9:14pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
dasparrow: Why can't Nigeria produce wheat flour? Is wheat that difficult to grow? Anyways, wetin concern me? You people in Nigeria are the ones affected by this policy. Fresh air! Enjoy it while it lasts. Good question. No Wheat production is not harder. Nigeria used to be a major player in the wheat world. What has happened is because there has been significant investment in other areas, other than wheat, wheat production has gone down over the decades. The same happened to Cassava. Now the Government, rather than increase production across the board by pouring more resources in all areas, has somehow chosen to put more into cassava production, leaving out other areas such as wheat, maize, palm oil, rice etc. Let us grow them all rather than depriving ourselves of all these because we have been able to get cassava, for now. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by oiseworld: 9:27pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Kobojunkie: 8 mmmmhhhhh, see interpretation !! Training on how to mix cassava flour with wheat. I don't undertand how you read, u don't have to always twist the post for your sided contributions. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Mandelaguy(m): 10:10pm On Jul 29, 2012 |
Johndoe100:Don't mind kobojunkie and people like dsparrow,you just hit the nail at the head the way it's supposed to be. That is why they keep misfeeding their followers. |
| Re: The Cassava Bread Policy. The Effect Has Stated. by Kobojunkie: 1:08am On Jul 30, 2012 |
oiseworld: Eejit, you still dey type? Go read the article. The man makes it clear TRAINING is needed to accomplish the new policy. What do you think it will be for, for BAKERS? Training on how to clean their yansh with 40% Cassava or Training to bake bread with 40% cassava content? Use your head . . . I didn't think one would need to send "a note for clarification" back to the man to ask him what kind of training he is referring to when he makes it clear that they can handle 20% as at now, but not 40%, which is what the policy requires, at this time. At least before you attack, make sure to ruminate on what you are about to come out with . . make sure it lines up with what is. |
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