Prof. G G Darah the Delta State Chairman of PANDEF has posited that the threat by some Northern Cabals to ban Northern foodstuffs to Rivers State and Southern Nigeria is a welcome challenge.

Prof Darah the Delta State PANDEF leader who spoke extensively about the perceived imminent face- off said: “What food items does the North sell to us that cannot be produced in abundance down South? Beans, rice, potato, yams, cassava, etc, grow well in the Niger Delta.”

Continuing the erudite academic Don observed: “Ughwerun Kingdom of Urhobo leads in sweet potato for chips consumed in hotels, restaurants and food joints across Nigeria. Onions do well in northern/Ogoja area of Cross River. Our rain forests are fertile for peppers and diverse spices.”

He explained that all the farm needs of the people of the Niger Delta states are in the Plantain and banana belt which play host perhaps to the biggest plantain market specifically, the weekly one at Zarama in Bayelsa on the East-West Highway thus our carbohydrate needs are met.

He remarked that the Niger Delta can still support itself for their protein demands saying: ” As for our protein, we can be self-sufficient. because the Niger Delta region is naturally endowed as it has the highest number of rivers
Nov 9, 2020

Prof Darah relying on dependable data from impeccable sources said: ” According to the World Bank publication of 1995, there are about 250 fish species. In 2003, Gòv Ibori of Delta State took a delegation to Thailand and saw fishery and shrimp ponds that stretched for kilometres. Asian agri experts visited Delta State in 2004 and used vehicles, canoes and helicopter to identify potential fishing havens from Tsekelewu near Ondo State boundary through Batere, Escravos, Forcados, Burutu, Odimodi, Agge/Aghoro, Bomadi, Patani, Umeh/Erhohwa, Asaba-Ase, Aboh, Onya Oko, Asaba and Ebu/Illah. The report they produced must be somewhere in Govt House, Asaba.

He added : “As for livestock we have adequate lands for breeding pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, ducks, turkey, pigeon, etc. Oil palm and raffia proliferate in the Niger Delta. In truth, what foods do Northern states transport to us that gives them the impudent voice to threaten a food embargo?”

He acknowledged that Perhaps the difficulty we may have is that our Southern politicians are unwilling to think and apply strategy to transform our natural resource abundance to wealth and prosperity for the general good.

While making his closing remark Prof. Darah maintained that: the Niger Delta people should encourage the northern food cabals to carry out their threat to stop food supply. That is when our politicians will realise that the business of governance is more serious than winning elections and riding in imported luxury jeeps he concluded .

princemillla:
South over dependent on Northern food stuff is just too much. The we really need to step up our food productions.

If the north agrees to break up, just wondering wat will be the way

Baawaa:
Listen to what is coming out from the mouth of so called professor, common sense is not common.

Baawaa:
Listen to what is coming out from the mouth of so called professor, common sense is not common.

princemillla:
South over dependent on Northern food stuff is just too much. The we really need to step up our food productions.

If the north agrees to break up, just wondering wat will be the way

Redcrafton:


Nothing will happen. You might be speaking for the SW, but the eastern part will be fine.

We eat plantain, yam, cocoyam, garri, local rice, egusi, ogbono, chicken, eggs, fish, goat meat, with our palm oil for soup, which are not from the north. We have Nsukka pepper.

The main thing that comes from the north is onions and may be tomatoes, which can be cultivated or imported. After all Nigeria still imports rice and beans and tomato puree, from other countries.

Redcrafton:


Nothing will happen. You might be speaking for the SW, but the eastern part will be fine.

We eat plantain, yam, cocoyam, garri, local rice, egusi, ogbono, chicken, eggs, fish, goat meat, with our palm oil for soup, which are not from the north. We have Nsukka pepper.

The main thing that comes from the north is onions and may be tomatoes, which can be cultivated or imported. After all Nigeria still imports rice and beans and tomato puree, from other countries.

dlaw70:
we are not born farmers

Arrewa:
stop lying to yourself!

The south east have nothing! I mean nothing without the food from the north.

Beans we bring you beans from the north!

Rice we bring you rice from the north forget that ebonyi audio rice that can't even feed a local government.

Tomatoes na we dey give una!

Goat meat... Do you know how many trailers of goat dey enter east per day?

Cow... Na we dey give una!

I just pray this country divide.

The east will surely be at receiving end!

You have no access to the sea!

You have no fertile land for Agriculture!

Erosion is ravaging the remaining land you have!

ewigmee:
They might just make southerners to sit up and farm and when that happens, north will be useless to the nation. The only thing they bring to table is food.

Redcrafton:


You deserve no response and everybody knows you for you instability.

Very soon you will say that north produce all the beer in the country, destroy them by sharia police...and still collect huge VAT form the sale of beer.

Such incoherence and despondency...

Gongy22:
Not possible

YouAreFinished:
I remember how one tribe almost went extinct to starvation because they couldn't produce their foodstuffs.

Baawaa:
Listen to what is coming out from the mouth of so called professor, common sense is not common.It is the masses that will bear the pains when it started,this professor will not only buy northerner's products he will buy imported foods.

princemillla:
South over dependent on Northern food stuff is just too much. The we really need to step up our food productions.

If the north agrees to break up, just wondering wat will be the way

Arrewa:
stop lying to yourself!

The south east have nothing! I mean nothing without the food from the north.

Beans we bring you beans from the north!

Rice we bring you rice from the north forget that ebonyi audio rice that can't even feed a local government.

Tomatoes na we dey give una!

Goat meat... Do you know how many trailers of goat dey enter east per day?

Cow... Na we dey give una!

I just pray this country divide.

The east will surely be at receiving end!

You have no access to the sea!

You have no fertile land for Agriculture!

Erosion is ravaging the remaining land you have!

All you guys do is to cheast beat! And make mouth!

My Generation will teach the south east how to respect the north!

Just pray we divide this country sooner... Cos it's not gonna.

I a am future governor and a future king maker!

I just pray we divide soon Sha... Cos if we don't.

It's going to be funny! Our fathers failed the north!

My Generation will never fail the north!

We will make the north Great again

Arrewa:
stop lying to yourself!

The south east have nothing! I mean nothing without the food from the north.

Beans we bring you beans from the north!

Rice we bring you rice from the north forget that ebonyi audio rice that can't even feed a local government.

Tomatoes na we dey give una!

Goat meat... Do you know how many trailers of goat dey enter east per day?

Cow... Na we dey give una!

I just pray this country divide.

The east will surely be at receiving end!

You have no access to the sea!

You have no fertile land for Agriculture!

Erosion is ravaging the remaining land you have!

All you guys do is to cheast beat! And make mouth!

My Generation will teach the south east how to respect the north!

Just pray we divide this country sooner... Cos it's not gonna.

I a am future governor and a future king maker!

I just pray we divide soon Sha... Cos if we don't.

It's going to be funny! Our fathers failed the north!

My Generation will never fail the north!

We will make the north Great again

Manab:
insha Allah but problem is not from de SE is SS