Efio-Ita Nyok|29 January 2016|6:55am
Via his official Twitter handle, @SegunObasanjo, Olusegun A. Obasanjo, Nigeria's former president from 1999 to 2007, tweeted at 8:30 AM on Tue, Jan 26, 2016:
'The drop in oil price will give us an opportunity to diversify the economy. This could be a blessing; good things do not come without pain'.
The following day, that is, 27 January this is what he said again as a follow up to his 26th January tweet:
'With the continual dwindling price of oil, agriculture needs to be rebranded to attract youths and hence, help to boost our economy'.
It was sequel to the above that he now introduced the new term, 'Agribusiness' into the nation's entrepreneurial lexicon in the underlying words,
'Agriculture should perhaps be rebranded as "Agribusiness" for youths to find it attractive to dive into for a sustainable economic growth'.
How I wish the Cross River State Government under the leadership of Professor Ben Ayade will take the advice of OBJ seriously by not politicising his agricultural economic drive, but birth it into reality. If we will not remember Liyel Imoke for anything, we will remember him for the Shanghai Farm.
Efio-Ita Nyok
Is a Blogger & the Editor of Negroid Haven effioitanyok@gmail.com
