We should go back to farming in other parts of the state even if it's peasant farming

Ttipsy:
Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State

I don’t quote dumb people but unfortunately I have to at this point

This ur vawulence level na top notch, calm down 👎, na me no read well because e no suppose happen in a sane country.

FutureFocus:
Every state should take food security seriously ,
Those unused land should be used for farming, your youth can not be sitting idle all days pressing phones and be expecting food to be imported at cheap price, arrest them and send them to the farm by force by fire.

Government officials suvs should be confiscated, sold and the proceeds use to buy tractors for farmers.

It's not hard to identify the mad people supporting the mad party and people called APC.

nairalanda1:
This is a populist move to prevent more protests in his state.

The guy wants to crash prices of food in his state....instead of addressing stuff like how to increase food production via large mechanized commercial farming, improving rural roads, etc etc.

The problem we have with food production in Nigeria, and why America produces more food than us , despite us having over 60% of Nigerians involved in farming compared to less than 6% for the USA...is simple. Subsistence farming can never meet food needs for a nation...it is either you do massive large scale farming, or nothing.

State governors have refused to adress this problem...instead they just keep on doing the same old thing...

Anyway, that's how we like it.

Large scale farming can only be done by billionaires or corporations or state or federal government.

U:S:A produces more because their multi-millionaires, billionaires, corporations are the ones involved in farming.

codemaniacs:


Large scale farming can only be done billionaires or corporations or state or federal government.

U:S:A produces more because their multi-millionaires, billionaires, corporations are the ones involved in farming.

MIght be a good idea if we had that in Nigeria...but we have lack of interest, refusal of banks to loan money for agric projects because of bad past experience, etc, etc...

Slimlord:


How can you compare oil with farm produce? Is farm produce a natural resource?

You must have bribed your way through school to get a certificate because you don't know anything.

Jeje247:
I wish the southern governors are smart enough to seek sustainable alternatives before he wakes up from his drunkenness so that by that time his people will have no market to sell to. Let them be selling to mali and Burkina Faso

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

And they continue talking without knowing the consequences of their pronouncements.

Clueless, incompetent leaders.

Redman44:
The southwest states have to embrace farming on a massive scale. There is a lot of unutilized land in Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo etc. Hectares of land that can be farmed productively. We can plant Guinea Corn, Maize and Millet massively in Yoruba land. Cultivars and Species of these cereals can grow in the South-West. We should also use every available space to plant kitchen crops in the southwest. So many information online. The government should give seeds to the people and clear land for them. The people will do the rest. Cheers.

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

Catapault:
THE FUNNY THING ABOUT ALL THESE CRITICISMS OF THE GOVERNOR IS THAT IF YOU WERE A NIGER STATE INDIGENE, YOU WILL BE JUBILATING. PRAISING THE GOVERNOR for being sensitive to the plight of his people!

Kai...This world.

I don't take any of you serious, I swear.

You flow with the wind.

Anywhere belle face people.

Msheww

Niger state Farmers have to sell products to buyers if Niger state Farmers don't sell then the buyers will buy from other Farmers in other states..

which means the buyers that normally buy farm products from Niger state Farmers have found new farmers and will no longer buy from Niger state farmers which means Niger state farmers lose revenue.


From what you have said You don't know economics and you are not the one providing the food you eat..

DarkJeddi:
Capping rubbish..
This is unconstitutional and you are very myopic,if you think banning the sale of farm produce is the panacea for the hunger in the land..

He used an A.i software called ChatGPT.

danilo16:
If that's the case, the South should start importing food from somewhere. This is terrorism , knowing full well that the South depends 50% on the food supply from the North, likewise the north depends on the resources from the South.

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

theredaddy:




Th North don't hold us be the balls, as a matter of fact locally Nigeria don't have enough food or farmers to cater for the population

The pressure and demand on the North is tew much at the moment, hence why the govt have to apply a temporary solution which is to open our borders and lift ban on food item

Most of these contraband dominate our market at exorbitant prices already its not as of the Ban are effective, Govt should lift the ban and we will witness price crash

When the north produces more than enough for themselves to consume, they will be compelled to sell to South at reasonable prices (fear of waste) but when North starve themselves to meet South demand it will definitely come at high price

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

Redman44:


Which crops? These crops have different species and cultivars. Yes, the northern lands have fewer weeds but they are not more fertile than southern lands. Let every southern Nigerian do the needful. Half a plot of maize can feed you and your family. Plant maize. Half a plot of cassava can feed you and your family. Plant Cassava. You can plant yams and cocoyams in your garden. If your compound is big, plant vegetables and maize in your house. At least you will have something to eat. Cheers.

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

iyke2frankeze:

Certain crops can grow very well in the North but not in the south while some grow in the south but not in the North. If we are one country as they claim, there is no need for that action.

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

kollog:


If these Policy is implemented across the Nation, some States in Southwest (Like Lagos and Ogun) will suffer seriously.

They keep using their land to build estates for Elites to buy n occupy and leave little or non for Agricultural purposes without thinking ahead.

If the North imbibed this policy, it will not be funny for Southwesterners at all.

Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

jalaludeen1:


The farmers are not losing anything, the farmers have long sold their farm produce to the middle men who are just hording the foods to create artificial scarcity. Last year the farmers sold a bag of maze for 17 to 21k, only for the middle men to sale it for 43 to 50k without doing anything to improve the production. The governor knows what he is doing in my opinion

Middle men can not hoard farm products because it will spoil and lose it's usefulness.

codemaniacs:


Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

Really?

plaetton:


Which nonsense textbook are you reading from ?

Are you kidding me?
You have no idea how the food economy works, that's why you're writing this nonsense.

The so-called local villages do not and cannot have the capacity to consume the bulk food they produce. If the food items are not sold in bulk, the local economy, including the production of food, dies immediately.

I have been to Niger state, I have done this food business, and I can tell you categorically that the local villages depend entirely on bulk buyers and the commerce they bring to the local villages.
Villages and small towns eagerly look forward to market days because they depend on the commercial activities for survival.

Any mor. on that cuts off that lifeline that sustains the local village has just dropped a quick death sentence on the local villages.
Secondly, these producers of bulk food , aside from desperately needing the money from the sale of bulk food items, do not have storage facilities for store obviously perishable food items. So most likely, they would lose whatever they are not able to sell in bulk.
If they lose all their capital due to this policy, they would definitely not produce as much next farming season.

What then do you think will happen Mr. Genius ?
Less food in the land and much higher prices.

This is dumbest move I have ever heard any leader make.

This cannot even be described as an adhoc policy, because it is intended to achieve absolutely nothing but more hardships.

He copied the comment from an A.i called ChatGPT.

Jeje247:
Really?

Yes...

I have never eaten foods that is not indigenous to my ethnicity.

codemaniacs:


Yes...

I have never eaten foods that is not indigenous to my ethnicity.

Good luck bra. But your lifestyle does
not mean you can speak for others.

Jeje247:
Good luck bra. But your lifestyle does
not mean you can speak for others.

You are definitely not a Nigerian..

codemaniacs:


You are definitely not a Nigerian..

I laugh you

Yashita:


I just tire. We are too ingrained in importation in the South that’s why food is unnecessarily expensive here.

Some many unused lands, yet we don’t think to make our food surplus

Ike gwuru... I just dont understand sometimes

kkins25:
Food that we are already losing half to decay? How's the state going to generate revenue?

You didn't do soil topography in school?

Food decay has nothing to do with soil topography oga.. Do you think u r talking to an illiterate? Food decay has to do with preservation methods.. Not soil topography..

codemaniacs:


Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

Bro you don't know what you are talking about, what do you mean south don't eat north farm products, yam, beans, potato, lettuce, carrot, soya beans, pepper, corn, onions, water melon, cow/ram/ogunfe where do you think all these things come from or we don't eat them in south

pquaver:


Food decay has nothing to do with soil topography oga.. Do you think u r talking to an illiterate? Food decay has to do with preservation methods.. Not soil topography..

Those are mutually exclusive but viable reasons why the above is a bad idea. I didn't mean for one to be confused as the other...

buharibanjo:
*dailypost

Thank you.

codemaniacs:


Farming products in the South are usually exported.... Cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, cassava, beans, eggs, chicken... e.t.c.

The south does not eat farm products from the north...

Southern Nigerians have their own indigenous foods which is different from northern Nigerians.
If you are truly a Nigerian then you should know these.

You are the ignorant one here. The north plants most of the food in Nigeria. Southerners eat a lot of Guinea Corn , Maize and Millet. What do you think is used to make pap? And animal feed? Pepper and onions are mostly grown in Northern Nigeria. Go and do your research.

Redman44:


You are the ignorant one here. The north plants most of the food in Nigeria. Southerners eat a lot of Guinea Corn , Maize and Millet. What do you think is used to make pap? And animal feed? Pepper and onions are mostly grown in Northern Nigeria. Go and do your research.

It is not about research.

It is about knowing that each ethnic nation has their own indigenous foods which they eat and grow by themselves.

The north has never ever planted most of the food in Nigeria at any point in history, that story of north planting food is political propaganda.

If they ever planted foods there won't be poverty there.

The quote below answers you.

MadamExcellency:


The North doesn't supply the fufu or garri which is the staple food in Eastern Nigeria. It is homegrown.

codemaniacs:


It is not about research.

It is about knowing that each ethnic nation has their own indigenous foods which they eat and grow by themselves.

The north has never ever planted most of the food in Nigeria at any point in history, that story of north planting food is political propaganda.

If they ever planted foods there won't be poverty there.

The quote below answers you.

Does the southwest plant beans and onions or Maize, Millet and Sorghum in large quantities? We eat a lot of beans in the south, don't we? So, where do these beans come from , bro? Same with Guinea Corn and Millet.

Redman44:


Does the southwest plant beans and onions or Maize, Millet and Sorghum in large quantities? We eat a lot of beans in the south, don't we? So, where do these beans come from , bro? Same with Guinea Corn and Millet.

Yes the SW plants beans, onions, maize, millet in large quantities..

I haven't eaten beans in like 12 years..