OPEN LETTER TO NIGERIANS IN THE SOUTH

Letter by: Dr. Fidelis Chukwuma

Dear Southern Nigeria,
At what time will you wake up to reality. Did you see the North participating in the #IstandwithNigeria PROTEST? It's simple, There's a silent agricultural revolution going on in the North. Northerners are cashing in on their agriculture produce, Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa, Benue, Plateau, Kaduna etc. While we are here wailing and protesting with an "IMPORT" dependant mindset

The "illiterate" Northerner is exporting ginger, garlic, sesame seeds etc and earning forex at N500 to $1. WHO IS THE FOOL HERE? Why can't our people take advantage and concentrate on the finished products of these agricultural produce and industrialize our area? Didn't we see how they tested LAKE RICE( Lagos- Kebbi Race) as they call it? Are we not seeing Dangote, Bua & top companies moving northwards to establish processing mills, tomato factories etc.

That's how we will waste four years insulting and cursing Buhari while the North will gradually be feeding the whole of West Africa. My people, this is not the time to protest but a time to put your thinking cap. Nigeria imports more rice than the entire European Union! We are the 2nd largest importer of rice in the world and we want $1 to remain at N150 at a time when crude oil is $57? We have no business with the dollar if we consume what we produce. 

A word is enough for the wise.