On Akara as a Business
- Selling akara is not bad in itself. Many people have sold akara and built stable lives from it.
- The real question is scale and context: How many people have actually been “made” by akara alone? Can ₦50,000 really start and sustain an akara business today? What kind of akara business did she mean — roadside vending, hawking, or scaled production?
On Scope and Vision
- A forward-thinking approach would be industrialized akara: packaged, storable, and fit for export/import, not just street vending.
- At this time, leaders should be focused on world-leading skills, not only akara, kuli-kuli, or roasted corn. We cannot be lazy in mind and knowledge and still expect a better tomorrow.
On Poverty and Leadership
- Poverty cannot cure poverty. Selling akara in the current economic climate, without structural support, risks trapping people in survival, not wealth creation.
- Poverty is not just lack of money. It is also a lack of ideas and bad leadership.
- The mindset of the people must not be confined to mediocrity and uncivilization. Many who should be making economic impact are only struggling to survive, and that widens the gap between the rich and the poor.
On Policy and Governance
- It was an understatement that needed correction to clear the air. Most policies in the pipeline are outdated, crude, and a “death trap to the Stone Age.”
- We have enough capable hands to build business units, industries, and cooperatives with real economic benefits. Giving grants for mundane ventures wastes money and resources.
- Personal charity must be separated from governance. If government is truly functional, citizens should not need handouts — basic systems and opportunities should already be in place.
On Leadership Example and Capacity
- You cannot give what you do not have. What productive economic activities have so-called leaders and their family members led that have contributed to national viability, if not simply living off the nation called Nigeria?
- Our major problem is not the results we see, but the ideas we fail to comprehend and pursue.
- The African mindset often works against us when many seek to be “demigods” instead of building a welfare, egalitarian state that meets the basic needs of the people.
Core Argument:
Akara is not the problem. The core problem is limited vision, outdated models, and governance by handouts instead of systems.
Ade’Tope Adeniji
_Search Ade’Tope Adeniji / Tope Adeniji: Books on Google for literary works and profile._
Lagos, Nigeria. West Africa.
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