As poverty deepens in Nigeria
By Adekunle Adekoya Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle (384-322 BC). THE state of affairs in our dear country, Nigeria, as at now, is simply bothersome. When an Ijebu man is finding it difficult to afford garri, which he wants to soak in water and gulp down with either a piece of meat, a cutlet of fish or a handful of groundnuts, then there is a hell of a lot of things to worry about. Two weeks ago, I was at home, in Ijebu-Ode for the burial of an in-law. Returning after the affair, I detoured to the popular Oke-Aje Market, near the Moslem Praying Ground to buy garri, which I really can’t do without. Other Ijebu people reading this will understand, especially if they are used to eating garri made at home, like me. I cherish the garri whose sour-sweet taste grips your palate and gums when you soak it in water. I was stupefied when the seller told me that a paint bucket measure of the garri now goes for N2,500. That paint bucket measure was about N450, BC. Get tha...