TO MY KIND FRIENDS ACROSS NIGER DELTA:

You termed me 'lazy', though my laziness hasn't crippled me from farming enough Rice, millet, sorghum, wheat, Maize, Onions & 85% of the stuff that make up your daily staple. Ever wondered where and how the wheat and millet that runs your breweries come from?

You said I'm 'unproductive',­ because my land has no oil. I wish to know how much you payed God for the oil beneath your feet. Don't tell me your hard-work cause its existence!

You mischievously call me 'Aboki' because I choose to be generous, friendly & funny instead of dubious, rude & cunning.

you call me 'Malu' derogatorily...­ .. I regard myself as such because I rear, breed & transport the livestock which gave u Ise-ewu, pepper-soup, suya, kilishi, kpomo etc. Lets not forget the hide/skin which makes your shoe markets thrive.

My dear brother, Nations have survived and prosper without exploring a single barrel of crude but no nation has ever (& can ever) survive without producing enough to feed its citizens.
With love from your 'Gambari' friend,

Good
write up. How i wish almost al d ppl in d north can reason d way u do,
we wil not hav problems in Nigeria. D northerns think its thier birth
right to rule and controj Niaja and its resources. Mind u its not only d northerns dt are farmers, diff parts of Nig farm diff products.

Queendo: Good write up. How i wish almost al d ppl in d north can reason d way u do, we wil not hav problems in Nigeria. D northerns think its thier birth right to rule and controj Niaja.

I wan see wetin "our oil" eediots go say about this!