#Northernization: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE WAS, IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY! It is time for us all to begin to take Agricultural Productivity seriously across Northern Nigeria. That is the short, medium and long-term solution to most of our socio economic challenges. Most of the Industrialized Economies of the world today started from Agriculture. Every Northerner must seek Space, Land, Gardens and every corner of their homes to Cultivate! Cultivate!! and Cultivate!!!. Let every Northernee unleash the Farmer in Him or Her; Let us feed the North and the Nation; Let us begin an Agricultural Revolution that is sustainable and driven by the people, one farm at a time. Let us do something that will change the Mindset of the Average Northerner. Let us make the move to Self-Sufficiency (SS), Mental Dependency (MD) and Food Availability (FA). The Technological demands for starting small and starting now is available but not cheap but just start. Let us go back to Justifying and Honouring the Labour of our hands. let us all begin to disabuse our minds and let's get off this Miracle Mindset Mentality. The Church and Mosque will not feed you; Neither will Prayers or Miracles; Night Vigil will not do it; Evangelism or Jihadism cannot put food on the table except for the Pastors and Imams who utilize them for Personal Enrichment and Greed. The North must not be made worse for our children; Let us suffer for our children to be better. You cannot be an Import dependent economy and be applying Export Driven Economic Policies; It is like preparing for an English Examination but the Questions are set in Hausa. Developing Economies cannot grow with Neo-Liberal Policies. The only examples that have work in the developing world are those that had the guts for Capital Control; refused devaluation pressure and were systemic; refused the urge to not subsidize the people; Massively Invested in Agriculture to kick-start industrialization; Ensured that Imports were treated with disdain and Consolidated Localization with Nationalism. The examples are all over Asia, Europe and Africa. In the Words of Ernesto Che Guevara "The Revolution is not an Apple that will Fall from the Sky; You Have to Pluck it; You have to Make it Fall" Nigerians, let us make our dreams come true or we die trying. This Movement by The Northern Elders Forum @Northernelders for The Northern Nigeria Investment and Industrialization Summit @NNIIS25 is Late but it is Better Today than Tomorrow. Our Elders will say..."Na When You Wake Up, Your Day Break." To all the Organizers, Please keep up and the good work, the conversation and the sensitization of the Northern Elites because until the North Farms, The North is not Working!

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