Trend-Setters

In the build up to the April 2011 general election, the opposition parties, especially the Action Congress of Nigeria rekindled what is left in hope for Nigerians in the quest for a true opposition to the ruling party PDP who has held sway abysmally for close to 15years at the helms of affair of the nations ivory tower. The anxiety cum hysterical that caused a lot of ripples in the air during the election wasn’t solely borne out of the fact that we had conceived a messiah in the ACN to transform the country overnight but rather a virile opposition that will give us all the mist of a nation in dire need to preserve its nascent democracy as it was the practice in other third world countries. In essence, we wanted to send a positive signal to the global community to behold that our democracy is indeed practiced in line with best international standards, hence the need for a multi party system. The wands of power shifted within the South-West , the chicken has come home to roost and t...

As far back as the early 80s – Nigerias post colonial Agricultural revolution has recorded some remarkable feat in the global world . Farming became the imported old bride having learned the rudiments during the pre colonial era and it was fully mastered by the end of the same era. Crop production, Fish farming and livestock production contributed greatly to the economy, between 1960 and 1970, the country’s GDP quadrupled while the other sector of the economy largely (dependent on Agriculture) witnessed a steady growth. The land embellished with green vegetation, pastures grow in abundance for the livestock grazing and nomadic farming was practiced devoid of ethnic violence. Rice silos and yam barns of different sizes built were visible along the farm boundaries, irrigation channels flowed freely to nourish the germinating foliages. Nigeria’s cash crop market boomed, and we could hardly meet international export demand as volume increased incessantly. Neighbouring countries benefi...