₦airaland Forum

omonnakoda:
Every thing in life has two side Let me introduce a different perspective

Yes farmers are making money but does the country benefit?

Some may argue. It brings in dollars .

Why are dollars a good thing? What do you do with the dollars? Consume imported stuff that fuels jobs in other countries?


The problem is this

Land used to grow cocoa is not being used to grow stuff that we eat in Nigeria. That is a problem

Is that opportunity cost worth it for the country if you end up importin rice? using dollars?

African Nations are being used as farmlands for rich countries to grow cocoa, cashew nuts cassava, coffee, tea even flowers whilst African people go hungry. Most of these cash crops their people cannot afford to consume.

We are not even allowed to add value to the cocoa and the real money is made in places like the USA, Belgium, France, Switzerland


We need to forget about using our land to service Europe with things our people cannot afford to consume

The other thing is that they have the power to crash prices of cocoa and other commodities when you least expect it . We have seen it many times with crude oil


We should focus on trading with our African neighbours growing things that Nigerians eat or our neighbours eat

Rice , Yam, beans, vegetables, cassava potatoes
If we must grow cocoa. We must insist on making chocolates from it and aim to get our people to consume it
If not let us aim to train our youths to make electric cars, solar panels and so on

No matter how you dice it the labourers working on cocoa farms are close to slave labour. Our people deserve better

Now Chinese people are going into the bush and loading containers with cashew and cocoa and our people are celebrating because they see the kind of money they have never seen before but it is not in our best interest. We need to look at the bigger world picture. See what Trump is doing

Let our land serve us

Something similar is happening with Dangote. He is more intent on exporting fertilizer than mobilizing it to boost food production in Nigeria.

Here is a very interesting fact

Nigeria is number 8 in the list of countries with Arable land and number one in Africa.


Why are we hungry.

The cocoa story is nice but let us switch that to what we actually eat IN NIGERIA

BlackViper:
Erm....who is going to tell Baba Kenya?

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Putindbutt:
Mere projections, not real data. They also applauded the President's policies but you chose the one that suits your sentiments.

Putindbutt:
Mere projections, not real data. They also applauded the President's policies but you chose the one that suits your sentiments.

Putindbutt:
Same IMF? dey play.

Putindbutt:
You're still not making sense, give us surce of data with date of release. That's how to situate an event, you half baked graduate.

Putindbutt:
What's the name of your source?,

Putindbutt:
What's the name of your source?,

Putindbutt:
Which blog be dis one?, Ipob blog?

MT:
If you were made a Nigeria President today, tell us two things you would have done differently.

I’m not fighting you, just want to learn from your supposedly top notch administrative skills

fabolouz1:
learn to accept people opinion without calling them names.

Putindbutt:
So, if one company shut down, another one no dey?. Na today companies dey shut down?.

Ok, tell us, How many banks have shut down?, How many telecoms have shut down, How many fintech has gone?, how many food manufacturers have shut down?.. you're only living in a world of your own negative imagination. The typical rhetoric of election losers

Putindbutt:
FG is employing people across all sectors. After his tenure, we will have the total data of his employment rate. And he never promised naira to be N300 during his campaign, if you have your proofs, bring it, I don't have time for beer parlour talks.

Putindbutt:
You're only a slave to a past that wanted to kill your future. Why did your Agulu fraud campaigned he will remove subsidy?, he said subsidy was a fraud too. If it was your candidate implementing it, you will defend him. you bunch of hypocrites.

OkCornel:
Can you provide us with a progress update on Tinubu’s eight point agenda he plans to achieve by August 2026?

Where are the 50 million jobs promised?

When will naira exchange for 300 to the USD as promised by Tinubu?

Never4getU:
Mugu! The better economy u're japainto do u know how long hardship the had to endure before it became a destination for ur Japa syndrome?

Never4getU:
Mugu! The better economy u're japainto do u know how long hardship the had to endure before it became a destination for ur Japa syndrome?

bigwig10:
How does this impact the life of common nigerian, that should be the major concern...