Controversial Nigerian media personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze has predicted that a famine is set to strike the nation.
According to him, the Naira would keep falling in value as long as Nigeria doesn't export enough goods to earn foreign exchange in hard currency.
To avert the impending famine, he counseled Nigerians who were working in the cities but were paid poorly to go back to their communities and start farming.
Daddy Freeze recently stated in a video message posted on his social media pages: “We will continue to see the decline in our currency because we are not selling anything and getting hard currencies in return. That needs to be fixed by two sets of people: the government and the citizenry.
“Citizens, if you’re working in Lagos and you’re earning N50,000 monthly, I think it is high time you went back to your village, got some land, and started farming. There’s a looming possibility of a famine in this country. There’s not enough food to go around.
“From my understanding of the situation, here is my advice: My Igbo brothers and sisters building mansions to compete with each other in the village…I’m not saying it’s wrong, but instead of building mansions, build more factories.
“You need to build more factories and the government needs to support you. The government needs to do whatever it takes so that your businesses can succeed.
“And by business, I mean businesses with export targets. Whatever you are producing should be exported. We import milk from France and Denmark. We cannot rely only on oil. The government needs to support local manufacturers.”