I buy two to three loaves of bread for the family every other day because bread is seen as meal and also as snacks, unfortunately this habit is now been challenged because of the price increases.

In the last three months, the price of common bread has been hitting the roof, bread now is moving into the luxury goods section because the masses might not afford it again if the current trend continues, maybe the second most consumed food in Nigeria after rice is not “common”.

They say that when two elephants fight they grass suffers, we have become the grass as a result of the war between Russia and Ukraine. How do we find ourselves inside this cauldron? The nation has been so comfortable with the high import of food that we have failed to find a substitute for wheat and as such we are suffering this present predicament.

Fortunately, we can replicate what happened in the beer Industry in the late 90’s when the stakeholders decide to replace Barley with Sorghum . This can be done in the bakery Industry.

We have substitute for Wheat in Nigeria that we can process into flour , Cassava ( highest producer in the world) , Yam( highest producer in the world), potatoes , Acha(Hungry rice) , Rice ,plantain and a lot more.

If we get this alternative right we can also export our brand of flour to other countries thus cushioning the volatility In the Forex market . Entrepreneurs must take up this challenge as an opportunity, we must not always wait for the government. Find a healthy and cheaper substitute. It must not always be bread made from wheat flour . Taste the bread made from plantain flour then you know that we are improvising our pocket by not exploiting these alternatives.

Good advice but plantain is not cheap.