May Nigeria not happen to us.
I planted cassava in late 2024. By 2025 harvest, the market had collapsed so badly I decided to leave it in the ground. I thought, “Let me wait till this year. Prices must get better.” That’s the first tax Nigerian farmers pay: hope.
So who do I blame? The market that rewards gambling over patience? A government that secures photo ops better than farmlands? The herdsmen? The neighbors with sharper cutlasses and looser morals?
This is the part we leave out of agric reports: you can outsmart the market, dodge pests, pray against drought, and still watch your entire year’s investment get harvested by ghosts before dawn.
Just soil, looking back at me.
That’s 12 months of weeding. 12 months of labor. Transport money, sweat — all gone. Vanished. No harvest, no income, no ROI. Just a clean bill of wasted effort and a bank alert that never came.
Feew days ago I went to the farm. It was leveled. I mean, leveled like a FIFA-approved pitch. So flat and clean that even Chelsea, in this current state, could play 90 minutes there and maybe, just maybe, score a goal. Not a stem, not a leaf, not a single cassava plant in sight.
Every child deserves a childhood filled with learning, play and hope, NOT labour. Yet millions of children around the world are still denied this basic right.
Ending child labour should be everyone's priority.
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I'm grateful to Puer Marte NGO for the opportunity to participate in today's market cleanup! Let's raise awareness about the dangers of plastic pollution and work towards a sustainable future.
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The task of protecting the environment lies in our hands. Responsible consumption of plastics or plastic alternatives can really go a long way.
Join us on #WorldEnvironmentDay for a plastic cleanup drive.
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