₦airaland Forum

medpren:
Who will vote the yoruba man? Is it the SS that sees you parasites and ingrates or the SE that you have sworn never to vote or is it the hausa and fulani that will always vote their own? Will every hausa and fulani man step down for a yoruba man? Even a little calf from sokoto will defeat a yoruba man at the polls.

This election showed that the SW/North don't need the SS/SE to vote for a North/Yoruba candidacy
Yorubas will continue to monopolize the presidency. The main deciding power goes to the MB.

CSTR6:
Go and take it na.
Who is tinubu? The hausa fulani want nothing more than a perpetuation of Nigeria, and they would throw tinubu to the dust bin if it means extending Nigeria for a longer while.
You see the way arewa came enmass to enugu to commiserate and reduce anti-Nigerian sentiments brewing in the east. That is how much they want Nigeria. And a yoruba presidency again in 2023 is not good for fulani one Nigeria and they know it.

So you think your Fulani masters will give you the presidency? lmao. Na cake dem give person? Yorubas won't even let that happen.

Sall:
Well I thing its time to give the Igbo a chance to to take the mantle of leadership they been through a lot let be sincere. They have contributed a lot the the development ano progress of the country.

Who will vote for Ibos? The Yorubas they love to hate and hate to love or the Hausas that kills that like chicken? If you want presidency, come and collect it nau.

peculyachi:
eeyah! he is so pained....lick ur wounds wella oooh! ota aki!

Come and lick it like you lick GEJ's anus nau.

1Dray:
See... Tonight? That shows you're not in the country to know how bad things are here. Yet you sit you idle sorry ass* down there to defend a failed government.

This ipod zombie keeps repeating the same thing.

peculyachi:
see me see problem ooo! so I v automatically become an idiot because if my own opinion! lol! you should have calmly explained y you think GEJ is to blame.....arusi apiriapi....

You automatically because an idi.ot from your first post. Wouldn't surprise me if you and 1Dray share a peanut-size brain. One blames this on destiny, another on karma. How much do they pay you idi.ots to post crap on NL?

1Dray:
You know a full blown Zombie when you see one. Your failed president have more clues? Oh well, give us just one reason, but no, just insults and rants, typical of a full blown Zombie.

I do. I am replying one right now. Sorry buffoon, I know you ipod zombies enjoy going back and forth with nlers when you're taking a break from GEJ's anus, you've earned your bread crumbs tonight. Go sleep.

Okoroafor sounds like a clueless buffoon.

1Dray:
See... Just one reason why you're all over the place defending a failed government you couldn't give. No surprise you're just a full blown Zombie!

Why are you all over the place supporting GEJ that couldn't even build your region the second Niger bridge he promised? No surprise, an ipob zombie is programmed to suck on GEJ's nuts.

peculyachi:
are u indirectly saying that Gej is still responsible for the financial burden of these transformed universities even after leaving the presidential seat?

If you think GEJ has no blame in this, then you're an idi.ot.

1Dray:
Show me where in any of my posts here on Nairaland I ever mentioned I'm for PDP/APC? I'm for good governance and never into this party shitts. I know a good government when I see one, this government is a failed government so far.

Since you're so dimwitted and inclined on pointing fingers, show me where I gave my support to Buhari. Yes, Buhari has more clues on his pinkie than GEJ could ever hope to have in his whole body, however neither of them have my support. Buhari is the lesser evil...or should I say, less clueless of the two.
I know ipod zombies when I see one. You probably think your neighbor's shi.t is green because he voted Buhari.

ononujuchika:
This buhari has no single truth in his mouth!

Tufiakwa!old man lying p and down.

Weren't you mad last week when he said he wouldn't?

peculyachi:
and Sir! if u do not know that the universities need money to keep running, they hardly get any funds talk more of extra funds to conduct campaigns and others...but bia! who told you that's what our universities are for....pls what are those agricultural organizations set up by the government der for? eg IITA....

Even when they get funds, their officials pocket it. Let's blame FG for that too. Hey what happened to all the Unis your GEJ 'transformed'? Why aren't they educating the public?

1Dray:
Then have to tell us just one thing so good about this government that you waste your time, energy and other resources being all over the place defending this obviously failed government? If you know me, you would know I don't have the time to waste sitting around defending governments. It's either you're still being fed by your parents and don't go to the markets or you're just lying to yourself.

You sound like a mentally re.tarded poster. I am not like you. I understand that because you have your lips glued to GEJ's anus, you expect others that don't agree with you to be in the same position with Buhari. Fuc.ktard thinks APC is his shadow.

He's flown to Dubai because he shot his foot? lol yea okay. Sure thing.

1Dray:
[size=18pt]Why do I have to just "think",[/size] when the evidence is all over the place? Except you're not in this country, then you would be a big liar to say you don't hear the cries of the masses everyday mostly in this hell of regime.

So that we don't have idi.otic conversations like this again. Start thinking. Life shouldn't be about APC/PDP.

peculyachi:
so u expect uneducated farmers to educate themselves on the tuta absolute abi ur name na charity wey u want use ur hard earned money organize awareness campaign, dash farmers pesticides? lol for this kind of change era? sorry

That's what your universities are for...educating farmers.
And ma'am, if you don't know the ins and outs of work you want to do, go out there and find information.

1Dray:
Shut up! what do you know? All you know is sit here and defend a failed government because of few naira paid you. So GEJ regime was wrong providing farmers with necessary farm input; fertilizers, pesticides, pest resistant and better yielding seeds? Only for your failed president to come round and ended everything with his failed government.

Why would I waste my time defending a government that has no bearing on my lifestyle? You think I be like you wey get im mouth stuck on GEJ's an.us? Koshi danu jor.

Ondo revives tomato farming industry

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/05/food-production-ondo-revives-moribund-tomato-industry/

9jatatafo:
So the SS, SW and other states in Nigeria are not into totamatoes farming? This is a very serious. The northerners supplies us meat, pepper, tomatoes, onions, fried rice ingredients and we don't appreciate them. This country is in total mess

The SW is very much into tomato farming

http://www.freshplaza.com/article/121267/nigeria-ogun-plans-large-scale-greenhouse-tomato-farms

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/ogun-woos-investors-tomato-production/

http://gcityfarms.com/our-farms/

1Dray:
Full blown Zombie, hope you're enjoying your change?

Ipod zombie. You're programmed to think everything APC is bad and anything PDP is good. Your logic sounds warped.

Jirate:
Believe Me Honestly, the Man is already thinking of the Next Country to Visit, He love Flying more than been President.

Presiding over Nigeria is a curse, fortunately, looting alleviates the effect of the curse.

Sigh. Ko kan aye.

peculyachi:
the government was supposed to provide an alternative, or carry out an awareness campaign educating tomato farmers on how to prevent the spread of tuta absoluta to other crops or mitigating measures to reduce or eliminate the effect of tuta absoluta...! so yes! this change government is the cause.

Must the federal government do everything? Do y'all know what your local governments and universities (research departments) are supposed to do?

1Dray:
Ever heard of the word karma? Things just don't happen... It's simple, this world is a mystery. Ever wonder why everything is going so bad in this country in this regime? I can hear you say it's normal, but think about it, why is history repeating itself after 32 years? Most things happening in this regime have not happened in decades. Ask yourself, why now? You only reap what you sow... You called for it, you sit back and enjoy it while it last.

If it rains, y'all blame it on APC and voting for change. Y'all have problems, I swear.

KaodiliJAH:
So no more chowing of tomato dependent food. My Sunday stew done go be that.
Abeg make I arrange tomato farm for my garden. e no go work for bad belle pest

Back to garri and epka be that. Can't Nigerians just eat healthy? Salads without tomatoes nau.

Bad news for the 40 laptoppers. Bad news for Nigeria because all Buhari has been doing is naming/arresting, no conviction. He has been wasting our time.
Good news because naming and shaming is till better than keeping quiet and enabling corruption like that mumu who has permanent cluelessness stamped on his face.

olajide8:
It's simply an issue of bad management- the MD should be fired* he is not proactive and lacks initiative - that's all

MD for mouth, just to collect big salary and carry title about* and spend aliko money!

That's what you get from nepotism.

He's an intolerant idi.ot.
Good one USA.
The man thinks he's in a backward nation like Nigeria.

It's like someone coming to you to pull down your skirt in public.

KevinDein:
you sounded so dumb in your initial post you had to modify it. You see your life. You see what nairalanders and people unfortunate enough to come your way have put up with all the time.

Mofo, why are you going around attacking people? I didn't know I was replying a sadist. Don't bother quoting my post from henceforth, you won't get any reply.

^^^

KevinDein:
mumu why aren't the Yoruba leading in agriculture if they are that smart? Keep making mouth on the Internet while in real life Yoruba states depend on the trailer loads of foods from the north for their survival.
I know Yoruba people very well. Na just mouth una get.

No need to get frustrated. We're getting there and investing in agriculture. In time, we won't need Fulani Herdsmen to come down to the South with an excuse to butcher innocent people.

KevinDein:
then invest na who is stopping you?
All these Yoruba people with their mouth sef.

[size=18pt]Diversification: Oyo and its agricultural initiatives
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When the present administration in the country under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari came into power on May 29, last year, one of the promises it made to Nigerians was to diversify the economy from the dependence on oil, no thanks to the dwindling revenue accruing from its major export earner – oil. For many, the government cannot afford to do otherwise, given the fact that the nation had found itself in a terrible economic strait such that what the nation is earning as income cannot meet its expenditure and the demand for forex far outweighs supply. This was not to be limited to the federal government alone with most, if not all the states, finding it difficult to survive and pay salaries of their workers. Thus to get out of the negative effects the economic crisis in the country is having on the people of Oyo State, the state government, under the leadership of Senator Abiola Ajimobi, in less than a week organised two consultative assemblies to brainstorm on the revival of its agriculture potential as an alternative source of revenue. The first consultative assembly held at the House of Chiefs, Parliament Building, State Secretariat, Ibadan, was attended by prominent traditional leaders in the state that include the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III; the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji; the Aseyin of Iseyin and Eleruwa of Eruwa as well as caretaker committee chairmen of all the 33 local government areas of the state. Ajimobi, while speaking on the rationale behind the meeting, decried the negative effects of the dwindling economy across the country where the state that receives N5 billion in the past now receives about N2 billion. According to him, with this kind of situation, the state did not have any other option than to go back to the root which is agriculture.



While pointing out that the state which has about 28,555 km square metres, more than six times of Lagos State, more than seven times of arable farmlands in Imo State and with the highest number of agricultural research institutes in the country such as IITA, CRIN, NIHORT and NISER among others, the governor maintained that Oyo State be the true basket of the South-West sub-region of the country. He called on traditional rulers, civil servants, students, corporate organisations and other stakeholders to, as a matter of concern, support the move of the government in generating more money in this era of fall in oil price. The governor then declared that about 100 hectares of farmlands will be acquired in each of the 28 out of the 33 local government areas of the state to ensure that the state is fully involved in agriculture. At the second consultative assembly held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), top officials of agriculture research institutes, finance institutions, agro-allied business investors and other stakeholders, also brainstormed on the revival of agriculture potential as alternative source of revenue. Governor Ajimobi was joined at the forum by the Director-General of the IITA, Dr. Nteranya Sanginga; Director, Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Prof. James Adediran.



Also in attendance at the event tagged “AgricOyo” were top officials of the Cocoa Research Institute, National Horticultural Research Institute, Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Central Bank of Nigeria, among others. Indeed, it was an opportunity for corporate investors, agro-input companies, banks, agricultural technology fabricators, commodity associations, agriculture research institutes, federal agriculture and development agencies and potential investors in the agriculture value chain to offer ideas on how to chart a new path for the sector in the state. The governor, while speaking at the event, stressed that the target of the state was to harness the agriculture potential of the state with the ultimate ambition of becoming the food basket of the South- West, Nigeria in the short run and West Africa in the long run. The governor, while maintaining that the state had the largest arable land in the Southern part of the country and human resources, which gave it comparative advantage over many other states, called for attitudinal change among the people. He advised that the people of the state must work hard to survive instead of relying on prayers alone to provide their needs. His words: “Now that oil, which is the major source of economy of Nigeria has crashed, the government and our people should put to maximum use the available landmass, physical infrastructure and clean environment to invite investors for the economic growth of the country. Nigeria is now at crossroads, because even our strategic reserve is nothing to write home about.



Oil is our largest source of income in Nigeria, but it has crashed due to oil glut in the international market. “We are very lucky in Oyo State. Out of our 33 local governments, 28 are agrarian. So, what Lagos State has in water, Oyo State has in land. We need to harness these through the agriculture value chain to revive our economy.” The DG of IITA, in his remarks, said it was lamentable that young people were no longer interested in farming due to the hostile environment. He stated that as a researcher in one of the farms in the state, he discovered that majority of those engaging in farming nowadays were old people and children, which he said portended danger for the future of farming in the country. He then pledged the commitment and support of IITA for the agriculture initiative of the state, which he said had the wherewithal to feed the country comfortably. His words: “As a researcher I discovered that only old people and children are left in the farm, not only in Nigeria, but across Africa. I’m afraid of what will happen to agric in the next ten years if this trend continues. “Young graduates come to IITA every Friday of the month to be engaged as casual labourers and you will be shocked to know that some of them are graduates of reputable institutions. We only pay an equivalent of $3 per day and they still besiege us.



“We had to change their mindsets and give them fresh orientation. Today, some of them have embraced agriculture. I’m proud to present to you today a female lawyer and a male economist among the beneficiaries of this initiative who are today doing very well.” The Director of IAR and T lauded the initiative of the governor, which he said was the first time top agric researchers and other stakeholders would be assembled to offer suggestions and their expertise on any agriculture development in the state. Adediran said, “No such forum has happened in the last 30 years where directors of institutes of research would gather like this to discuss the future of agriculture in Oyo State. This paradigm shift is a welcome development and I want to pledge the support of IAR and T and all of us here. “The research institutes have done everything possible to improve the lot of farmers in Oyo State. We have been working hard to see to the improvement of agricultural production, techniques, pushing out of end products to the markets. “On behalf of all the research institutes here present, I pledge our support to the government of the state, because your success is our success. We are ready for strategic partnership with you. We will stand by you to ensure that this project succeeds.” For the investors that were present, the new agriculture initiative was a welcome development as an agriculture entrepreneur, Mr. Babs Aina, pledged an initial investment of $30m. Aina, the Managing Director of Numerix Development Limited, who promised that the figure would progressively increase to $100m in the next few years, said the investment would target maize and soya beans in the interim. Other investors that pledged commitment to the initiative were the Managing Director of Winchester Farms Limited, Ibadan, who is also the Managing Director of Costain West Africa Plc., Mr. Ayodeji Karim; and the Chief Executive Officer of Psaltry International Limited, Mrs. Yetunde Iranloye.

We are.

Check out this site for more informtion

AgricOyo Initiative: http://www.oysai.com.ng/index.php