Let us see which of these new governors will join in the trend of entering the Guinness Book of Records by setting new records with the production of agricultural crops

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Who will raise maize output in his state so Nigeria’s current crop of 10m tonnes matches Mexico’s 28m tonnes

[2] Which governor will increase tomato production so Nigeria’s current output of 4m tonnes matches Pakistan’s 16.6m tonnes

[3] Who will increase rice production in his state so Nigeria’s current crop of 6m tonnes matches Thailand’s 25m tonnes

[4] Who will boost sugarcane production to enable our current 1.3m tonnes to match South Africa’s 15m tonnes

[5] Which governor will boost cocoa production so Nigeria’s current crop of 328,263 tonnes matches Ghana’s 883,652 tonnes

[6] Who will help raise plantain production from the current 3.09m tonnes to match Cameroon’s 4.31m tonnes

[7] Who will help increase pineapple production from the current 1.5m tonnes to match Costa Rica’s 2.9m tonnes

[8] Which governor will help raise timber production from the current 69m tonnes to match Indonesia’s 119m tonnes

[9] Which of our governors will help increase Nigeria’s palm oil production from the current 1.2m tonnes to match Malaysia’s 20m tonnes

[10] Surely one governor has plans to help increase Nigeria’s milk production from the current 523,599 tonnes to match Pakistan’s 45.6m tonnes

These expansion plans must be accompanied by a no-nonsense value-added programme. President Tinubu should send legislation to the National Assembly making it illegal to export raw commodities.

Under no circumstances whatsoever must raw primary commodities be exported without at least 50% value addition.