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AGRICULTURE, A NOSTALGIA OF BETTER PAST

Nigeria trial time continues as international oil price continues in its dwindling state. All thanks to Opec for reporting to cut the output and letting the oil price jump. But, for how long?. This should commonsensically cousel the country to jump the ship from its staunch dependence on revenue from crude oil, if the present government intends to fuel its budget of the ongoing year and the years ahead. Naira now goes 370 for a USD in parallel market, in a country of over 180 million, a country once described to have a 'resource curse'.

Nigerians prior to 1970 had been described to have enough confidence at waging wars against their respective challenges, as statistics shows their affinity for craft and Agriculture. . Right from 1970 (the oil boom year), the demography and socioeconomic status of average countryman has plunged while the economy of Nigeria at large, rise at international scale. This was attributed to oil boom that evolved in 1970. Agriculture constituted over 60 percent of National GDP, as the country etched in exportation of cocoa, groundnut and the rest. Agriculture was foremost, with alluvia soil in south ( though, south south has ultisol) and rich ground for animal husbandary in the north. Productions were easily quantifiable and youth were busy incarnating themselves with eminent values. Our media then, preaches moral values in accordance with our ancestral injunctions and our decent ways of life. In simple terms, we valued all that nature willed to us, and our medium of exchange was satisfying our needs to a reasonable extent. A life completely obscene to what it seems to be now.

Almost everything in our pocession before the oil boom in 1970 had drifted aback except population that is dominated by youth whose ancestral haplotype for greatness has been lost. Incarnating and evolving in a dented foreign ones, they call 'western' culture. We have grown in all ramifications of their values, and we forget to ask the nature why we were made the way we are. We tend to change everthing, that even our natural tough hue, we don't value it. We condemned our nature, like a tropical fish thriving for a permanent life in the arctic, he may never survive, for its physiology cannot incessantly contain the low temperature. Fish pocession of streamline body for easy water habitation, waterbirds' long thin legs, long beaks and infinitesimal weight so as to be less denser than water while picking its food from the surface, and lions voracity for flesh is palpable with sharp claws, canine dominated teeth with enraging look often; are great indications our resources ( not one) and intellectual capabilities are all required to excel as a nation; as nature would have it.

Graduates in my country rarely thinks about living within their means, and are knackered trying nothing new. You are never better of them at adjusting to distress. But quote me, you can only be second when they really wana do...but when?
We cry on government for rehabilitation of our sport stadia, and we take our taxes to EPL and others. We are too blind to see that even subscribing for their sport wears, their sport is improved. The great media quality?...check EPL matches in 80s, they didnt hit the ground running. Nigeria football now becomes gobbledygook and eye sore right? its you...or ask Wole Soyinka why he called the youth a wasted generation. Let me remind you, if the figure of the last census is right, then only the youth can make the necessary changes.

We cry on segregation as if that would end our suffering; one of them that feels too brainy and hate practicals, yet he likes aerables, his hardworking and innovative neighbour, that values substandard and forgets he lacks managerial skills, and the largest which have been largely radicalized hates school, should not search for crystal ball to tell them they are complements to eachother. We listened to their stupid projections and we planned with it; how gullible we are. And you claimed you are being maginalized; how far better are the rest?

What use is the ultisol soil, forest swamps and distinct seasons in Niger Delta, the tropical monsoon in east (warri), the tropical rainforest and all year round rainfall in west, the sahel, sudan and guinea savannah in the north. In your leisure time, have a look on other tropical regions, and see how far these book-making terms have transformed their economy with series of hypothetical approaches.

We cry on oil because we wana grow big bellys without sweats, we wana sit in office and read papers at 12, we wana spite friends and make older men bow and serve us beers even when we are not crippled. And we blame government for our food that get charred while watching football, as if our cognition has been interpolated for negation.

Government they said, should communicate hope to the people (Nicolas Sarcozy), our leaders have failed for desparing our hope through corruption, favouratism and personal relationships. You ignore academic projections and advice, you implore the media to give us unrealistic figures to expiate for your imcompetences, through your media outlets. If a state like cross river state, upon being a maritime state (also with lots of inland water bodies) still lack acess to fresh fish, you should know what im saying. No ounce of love in their hollow heart, and i wonder why we deserve such leaders.

Agriculture, from time immemorial has thrived in Nigeria under no sophisticated system and adoption of contemporary skills would have raised our hopes and oil in the south wouldn't have gain this strenght over the economy. What happens to the soil and lands that grew groundnuts, cocoa and cassava in the early days? Nothin?...fine. We wana do it again. Thank you.