yet to take advantage of the new dawn of the goldmine in cocoa prosperity, which can recreate the nation's economy. He said, based on the reality of existing cocoa prices worldwide, there is no doubt that… yet to take advantage of the new dawn of the goldmine in cocoa prosperity, which can recreate the nation’s economy.
“So, that is why we believe Nigeria cannot look away. And in those olden days, when we had professors, they were the children of cocoa farmers. Wealth was synonymous with cocoa farmers when Nigeria was a leading producer. But when oil came and distracted the government, cocoa farmers became poor. “We need to ensure that we support processing. We need to ensure that the byproducts of our cocoa, through value addition, are very important. These are important things that we can invest in seriously.”
“It gives a future for our country, and this can actually readjust our economy and reawaken our GDP and make our country function well and solve the problems of our forests.” “People have reasons to invest more when they make more money; it’s an incentive. But the moment you are not making money from it, the incentive is not there.
“We had extension workers who had motorcycles, but go to most of these ministries today, there were no extension services. The job of an extension worker might be one to fifty farmers. Do we have that? We don’t have that. “So this is exactly what we need, capacity building, we need investment. And like I said, why are our factories not working? Why are we exporting at a 90 percent rate? We can’t continue. Why are our youths jobless when we have raw materials that can do all these things?
Mr Paul Ayeni, a retired commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps , has urged governments to procure more operational vehicles for security agencies to strengthen their fight against criminal activities.