Dearest Mom,

Good and worrisome news. There is now a huge global market for our farm produce and we are happy. From cassava to soya to oil palm to sesame to gum arabic to neem, etc. These are all in addition to those of your own time: cocoa, rubber, groundnuts, cotton, etc.

However, very few growers are on ground! And what little output there is must now serve both domestic and foreign demands. In the contest, and within our peculiar/particular context, we all know which wins!

Now, Mama, our staple foods are under high pressure and constant threat. If there is so much unmet demand, shouldn't production be top priority (as in first things first)? With our almost unlimited manpower, especially the youth? Not to mention the Niger Delta, the large pool of the unemployed, our history of farm settlements, and the idle military hands - which can be safely deployed/profitably engaged in peace time??? Well....

Just pray for Nigerian Mothers.

Love
Dayo