₦airaland Forum

You’re 100% correct.
The painful truth is: Nigeria is not “short of palm trees”… we are short of productive palm oil.

Most of the palm trees scattered across the South/South and Middle Belt are:

-Wild groves (not plantation-grade)

-Low-yield dura varieties

-Unmanaged (no pruning, fertilization, harvesting cycle)

-Harvested late (high FFA → poor oil quality)

-Processed with outdated small presses (low extraction rate)


So yes — fruits ripen and waste, and even when harvested, we still lose a lot at the processing stage.

That’s why Nigeria still imports. Not because we lack trees, but because we lack commercial-scale yield + processing efficiency.

The same thing applies to cocoa too: the opportunity is huge, but it only becomes real when farms are professionally established and managed like a business, not like “village farming”.

I’m currently pushing this conversation because we’re working on a model where Nigerians can actually own properly planned cocoa/oil palm plantations and let experts handle the agronomy end-to-end.

If you’d like, I can share a simple breakdown (with numbers) of why Nigeria’s yield is low and what a well-managed plantation produces per hectare.
You can also DM me so I don’t spam the thread.

lawani:
Yes Nigeria should be making more than fifty billion dollars forex from agric export. Ghana makes ten and south Africa makes fifteen. It however appears that we are not producing enough palm oil even for local consumption

"Salary Isn't Enough The Business Case for Owning a Plantation in Nigeria

Let’s be honest.

In Nigeria today, salary is good… but salary alone is not enough.

Even people earning ₦500k monthly still complain because:

rent is expensive

school fees keep rising

fuel is unpredictable

health emergencies can wipe out savings

So, the question becomes:

How do Nigerians build real wealth?

Wealth is not built by working harder forever.
Wealth is built by owning assets.

Assets are things that:

appreciate

generate income

can be transferred to children

Why plantation ownership is becoming attractive

The idea of owning a cocoa or oil palm plantation is becoming popular because:

you plant once

harvest yearly

income continues for 30–70 years

This is why many Nigerians in diaspora are now buying plantations instead of only building houses.

Because a house is good…
But a plantation is a house that pays you yearly.

The problem👇

Most Nigerians want the benefits but they fear:

👉Land scams

👉Farm management issues

👉Being too busy to supervise

👉Wrong seedlings

👉Insecurity


The smart way 👇

The smarter model is where:

👉Land is properly documented

👉Inspection is allowed

👉Farm is managed by experts

👉You get periodic reports

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That is the structure we run at Agri-Wealth Farms.

We are currently preparing land for April/May cocoa and oil palm planting, and investors can secure plots now and book inspection.

If you want full details, price list, and inspection dates, drop a comment or send a DM via the WhatsApp line in my signature below.

Question: If you had ₦3m–₦10m today, what asset would you buy for long-term wealth?

Let's have your contributions... Drop your comments/opinions in the comment section.

Chats/inquiries can be sent in DM via the WhatsApp line in my signature below👇

"Salary Isn't Enough The Business Case for Owning a Plantation in Nigeria

Let’s be honest.

In Nigeria today, salary is good… but salary alone is not enough.

Even people earning ₦500k monthly still complain because:

rent is expensive

school fees keep rising

fuel is unpredictable

health emergencies can wipe out savings

So, the question becomes:

How do Nigerians build real wealth?

Wealth is not built by working harder forever.
Wealth is built by owning assets.

Assets are things that:

appreciate

generate income

can be transferred to children

Why plantation ownership is becoming attractive

The idea of owning a cocoa or oil palm plantation is becoming popular because:

you plant once

harvest yearly

income continues for 30–70 years

This is why many Nigerians in diaspora are now buying plantations instead of only building houses.

Because a house is good…
But a plantation is a house that pays you yearly.

The problem

Most Nigerians want the benefits but fear:

land scams

farm management issues

being too busy to supervise

wrong seedlings

insecurity

The smart way

The smarter model is where:

land is properly documented

inspection is allowed

farm is managed by experts

you get periodic reports

Conclusion

That is the structure we run at Agri-Wealth Farms.

We are currently preparing land for April/May cocoa and oil palm planting, and investors can secure plots now and book inspection.

If you want full details, price list, and inspection dates, drop a comment or send a DM.

Question: If you had ₦3m–₦10m today, what asset would you buy for long-term wealth?

Oh yes, we have quite a number of palm trees that are not the right species and not properly managed .. But we're here advocating for a professionally well-managed palm plantation that wouldn't experience that kind of wastage you are referring to, and this starts from the choice of breed, and the right agronomy practice to nurture it all through its lifespan,

lawani:
I think we have more than enough palm trees or don't we? Maybe the fruits just ripen and waste away. There are palm trees all over the south and southern middle belt

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm🤔🤔🤔

Wickedtruths:
You should actually keep quiet because with the direct primary, it is harder to bribe. Nothing like delegates again, straight to the party members to choose their representatives.

Wow! What a story? Sorry about all you went through. I have some questions and advice for you.

1. After you were released from the prison, did you eventually find out about the man that gave you the work to carry the gate for him. Did he do it deliberately to implicate you (I doubt though, because you mentioned that he's your customer? How did he disappear? Did you try to go get it all settled with the market authority naming the man?

2. That man, the Judge is a very good person (an Angel) that took special interest in your case...
Based on experience, he could sense your innocence from your narration of the entire events in the court room. NEVER EVER FORGET HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN YOUR LIFE.
(a)He took his time out of his very busy schedule as a judge to visit you in prison
(b) He advised you on what you can do to be free on time despite not having a lawyer, else you could have wasted in jail for10, 15, 30, or 40 years without concluding your case just as many innocent people have experienced in Nigerian prisons
(c) He gave you the first opportunity to discover a hidden talent in you... He encouraged you to try it even when you never ever thought it was possible for you, because you had hitherto never touched a PC
(d) He still gave you stipends daily for doing the tasks, no matter how small
(e) And at the end of the 30 days community service you did, he packaged a special gift (₦30,000 for you in an envelope
(f) He didn't stop at the bulk money he gave you, he gave you direction like a mentor will do guiding you on how to run the adverts for the Winter jackets using the writing skills you've just learnt within those 30 days that has made you the SalesLourd brand that you are today
(g) Lastly, I want to believe that he must have also prayed for you (though you didn't mention that part) for you to have been recording mega sales and revenue/profit since the very next day and consistently up till date

3. Don't forget your other cell mates that you met in the prison (especially those that you are convinced are innocent of their accusations, and those who are now truly repentant). Find a way to reach out to them and if it's possible to set up a foundation or NGO getting supports of legal advisers and influential people to push for their legal/proper release or work out technicalities to free them on time (just as the judge advised in your case) instead of them continuing to rot in jail, to save their talent from waste so they can use those talents (as you've attested to after seeing for yourself in the prison) for the betterment of the society and for their own personal gains too,

4. This may not be compulsory, but if you feel it's a calling from God to start a ministry to liberate more people from both physical prison and spiritual prison, you can use that to serve your God Almighty that brought you out of this difficult situation.

Saleslourd:
This happened 3 years ago bro! I was 19 then, now I'm 22 And thank you for the frontpage shout would be amazing to reach more people with this story🖐️

Hmmmmmmmmm🤔🤔🤔🤔

twilliamx:
This are the kind of works that speaks for your when you seek to further your political career not "go and verify" and there is nothing to verify

Congratulations this young beautiful smart brain- Esther from Model College Ikorodu

Slytiger:
Congratulations to the girl from model college Ikorodu.

🤔🤔🤔

Franking:
What has sighting the moon got to do with anything? Terrorists and bandits will still do their thing.

Tinumbu's hardship will still affect everyone.

Religion is the opium of the masses. Like Islam like Christianity.....wayo.

Are there evidences against them... would you just conclude just like that that they are incompetent?

Incognito403:
Nuhu Ribadu and that Christopher Musa are full-blown incarnations of incompetence.

We need more public servants (past and currently serving) to be made example of...

TimeManager:
If you do not know that politicians have been prosecuted and jailed including former Governors and lawmakers, then your age, Education and IQ is in question.

-Kiss the truth!

Let not politics divide Nigeria... We're too blessed with resources to allow propaganda divide us.

Pacesetter123:

Shebi him nah una adopted son for Eket?
Abi no be there him dey live and him business hates dey there?
So how him go opress him fellow Eket people?

See how the two star boys of the President Obasanjo's regime (199-2007) have now become archrivals overnight because of some dirty politics🤔

That should be their primary assignment though.....

helinues:
They are welcome to Nigeria.

Please , get into action and help us with intelligence to flush out all the criminals across Nigeria irrespective of regions.

Let's see how all these builds up to the 2027 general elections. 🤔

Baawaa:
Peter Obi the president of the village boys,Peter obi the village boy himself
Tinubu the president of federal republic of Nigeria,the city boy himself

How? Please expantiate... Or do you mean the timing of your marriage?

fyneboi79:
Getting married was my biggest mistake...

Of course it's an individual honour that rubs off on the NAF service... It's a good one for Nigeria too.

LeeSmart:
E remain make some people come begin take the glory ontop person wey no even sabi their existence.

Nigeria’s Palm Oil Story: How We Went From Global Leader to Importer (And What Must Change

Many Nigerians don’t know that Nigeria was once a global leader in palm oil.


Today, we import palm oil and struggle with production.


What happened?

👉 Poor investment

👉 Low mechanization

👉 Weak plantation expansion

👉 Policy inconsistency

👉 The opportunity


If Nigeria expands structured oil palm plantations, we can:

🌴 Reduce imports

🌴 Create jobs

🌴 Stabilize prices

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At Agri-Wealth Farms, we are preparing land for April/May oil palm planting.

Several acres of Oil Palm Farm Plantation are available and inspection is open.


Question: Do you think Nigeria can ever reclaim its palm oil leadership? Let's have your contribution...Drop your comments/opinion below

Lol... That's the Nigerian soldiers for you.

DropsMic:
During my time one idiot like that did something similar. A soldier entered our hostel with his touchlight to check up on us and the idiot shouted “Oga off that torch, night don reach.” Long story short, all of us sleep for outside that day.

Honestly! He should thank his stars for the strong version of God's Grace upon his life generally.

GanagiBitrus:
Just learn your lessons & move on.
I don't see the need for this kind of bitter talk.