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These Perilous Times

 

Evil doers gain access to the children of God when there is spiritual emptiness, demographic disorder, elite self-hatred, technological control and manipulation, economic dependency and the weaponization of hunger and poverty, the fear of speaking the truth among several other factors.

The evil-minded take advantage of well publicized ideology to brainwash the ignorant and illiterate, make use of intimidation and institutional compromise and the deliberate undermining of inheritance to make a self-centered head way.

In these perilous times, those who are either witnesses, victims or students of history, readily outline close monitoring of the activities of targets, strange phone calls, the co-opting of relatives, family members and domestic staff into evil plots, ambush on travels and the resort to the female genders to achieve devilish and sinister ends.

Indeed, the watch word is perpetual vigilance.

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The Reliance on Diabolism and Necromancy

 Forces of darkness manifested in diabolism, fetishes and necromancy are the major preoccupation of a sizable number of political exposed persons, most especially this period elections are around the corner.

This is unfortunate and disturbing considering the avoidable bloodshed in different parts of Nigeria.

From time immemorial the fear of God and constructive engagement have been the credible and reliable tools used to checkmate man’s inhumanity to his fellow man.

There abound worshipers and agents of evil everywhere.

The moment their oath is taken or an individual is brought before their shrines, the worshipers will contrive ways to poison or charm an individual so that such individual’s property (land, buildings, possessions, finances among others) will become theirs.

The agents of these shrines are mostly found among the lower wrung of the social ladder, while those they look up to are the wealthy.

Interestingly, those, as stipulated by the constitution, whose responsibility is to enforce the laws of the land and dispense justice have failed Nigerians and are unperturbed by the plight of Nigerians.

Depravity and callousness are now the trend.

The overhauling of these institutions which are primarily responsible for the enforcement of laws and the dispensation of justice is long overdue, but those-in-charge are benefitting immensely from their shortcomings and deficiencies.

Again, ignorance and illiteracy are clogs in the wheel of development, if the attitude and activities of the people are anything to go by.

Sadly, the structure of educational institutions, both public and private, litter different parts of the country, but have little impact on the students in terms of learning and orientation .

Rather, indiscipline, lawlessness, immorality among others, are the norms for students and teachers alike.

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Food Insecurity-The Reality

 

Successive administrations in Nigeria, the present inclusive, believe that the country has great potentials in agriculture, but the slow pace of agricultural growth, the inability to  generate adequate employment in the sector, in addition to the insignificant socio-economic growth, the high poverty level and the feverish state  of democracy have all contributed to the worrisome state of governance today.

The obvious food insecurity confronting a large chunk of the population living below the poverty line and the embarrassing absence of  participatory democracy among others are militating factors to the ever elusive agricultural growth as promised by the federal and State Governments.

With majority of  the very poor residing in the rural areas, the over 21 years of democracy has confirmed that   it would be nearly impossible, perhaps, to pin point the specific dividends of democracy, when a majority of the population are unemployed and live below the poverty line, when inadequate availability of agro-industrial raw materials impede  industrial growth and when agriculture cannot, for obvious reasons, perform its known functions in the economic development process.

Agriculture, without doubt, has great potentials for achieving a broad-based economy, but its performance remains unimpressive.

If government at all levels have sincere plans to alleviate the present sufferings of the people, then the revival of the Strategic Grains Reserve and reintroduction of Guaranteed Minimum Price System is crucial.

Sadly, the mindset of the young Nigerians and their aspirations  have defied all known logic, as same are suggestive of fetish and diabolic initiatives for wealth creation. 

These young people resort to homosexuality, sodomy, prostitution among others to make needs meet with the tacit consent  of their elders.

These initiatives would never promote agricultural development.

Finally, Nigerians find it extremely difficult to  identify specific targets and action plans set by the Federal and State Governments for accomplishment, this is just as farmers across the country are full of lamentations  over the poor state of affairs i the troubled sector.

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The Dwindling Fortunes of Agriculture

 

Agriculture has the potentials of been a major revenue earner in Nigeria, if only farmers had not been neglected for several years and deprived of needed incentives.
Indeed, farmers in rural areas have never been encouraged to remain within their localities to propel increased farm production, while production at the local government level has made the availability of schools,Primary health Care Delivery, functional electricity and potable water a mirage.

The caretaker committees at the grassroots have only succeeded in impoverishing the rural populace.
At present, agricultural equipment and machinery are sourced from advanced countries, this alone, is an impediment to self sufficiency in food production.

Indeed, sub-standard farm equipment and machinery to a large extent affected output in most farms in the country, just as access to finance is a major challenge for farmers. 

Bank interest rates are not friendly, if at all the banks are ready to give out loans to farmers. Although the Federal Government assures that it would fully support the agricultural sector, inadequate funding of the sector, closely trailed by diversion of funds meant for agricultural production is still common place.
The erratic power supply, prohibitive cost of petroleum products and the activities of insurgents, bandits and kidnappers have all contributed to make the agricultural sector less attractive.
Truly, government monopoly in critical sectors is an advantage, but bad management as a result of corruption is the discussion on every mouth in the land.
At Nigeria’s level of development government ought to invest alongside private individuals. But waiting for the agricultural  sector to blaze the trail, is a sign of lack of vision. 

It is only when the country has reached full employment level, that government can think of divesting.
Has Nigeria reached the level of full employment ? 

This might not be so, as the National Bureau of Statistics is very reluctant to make public the rate of unemployment in the country, even though the answer could be seen on the faces of millions of jobless Nigerians.
Without doubt, the agricultural sector can provide millions of jobs, once the leadership appreciates what is required to transform the economy.
But good management revolving round a porous judicial system and law enforcement agencies  are  never the panacea for sustainable development and growth.

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