Prominent Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, also known as Daddy Freeze, has expressed concern about the rising threat of famine in the country.
He highlighted that the devaluation of the Naira is likely to persist unless Nigeria boosts its export of goods to earn foreign currencies.
Daddy Freeze urged individuals earning insufficient salaries in urban areas to consider returning to rural areas and engaging in agriculture to help address the impending famine.
“Citizens, if you’re working in Lagos and you’re earning N50,000 monthly, I think it is high time you went back to your village, got some land and started farming. There’s a looming possibility of a famine in this country. There’s not enough food to go around.
“From my understanding of the situation, here is my advice: My Igbo brothers and sisters building mansions to compete with each other in the village…I’m not saying it’s wrong, but instead of building mansions, build more factories.
“You need to build more factories and the government needs to support you. The government needs to do whatever it takes so that your businesses can succeed.
“And by business, I mean businesses with export targets. Whatever you are producing should be exported. We import milk from France and Denmark. We cannot rely only on oil. The government needs to support local manufacturers.”
