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duce the plant into Nigeria true organic farming and
as well, incorporate it as how do we go about it?

Why are we cutting down part of our diet? Yes, I think so. For the most part in
trees when we can grow I think it’s something that’s needed Nigeria, our farming is subsistence
and rainfall led so for the most part,
and if initiated I think it will spread
hemp? It takes three months continent-wide. our food tends to be organic. We
to grow and cultivate and that still have the opportunity to main-
can be used as an alternative The name of the company is PS tain that level of organic farming
and continue to build upon it.
to paper and all the materials Nutraceuticals, because one of my
absolute loves is complementary
our trees provide us with. This and alternative medicine. We said, Across the continent, in sub-Saha-
is something we can grow and let’s start with agriculture first but ran Afrika, why are the COVID-19

preserve our trees. eventually we will go back and begin rates not as high as the rest of the
to introduce herbal medicine. world?
Aside from the environment, it
It’s another low hanging fruit; it’s comes from the food we are eating.
and give us oxygen, clean air. Let’s something we should take advantage Our food is actually medicine. It’s
leave those trees and grow hemp of. Having lived in Asia, I realized the oranges we buy on the side of
that gives us the same derivatives it’s a lifestyle. the road, it’s the pineapples, it’s the
as trees. So, even from an environ- ugu (fluted pumpkin leaves) and we
mental perspective, it makes sense How do we make it a life- just need to build upon it.
as well.
style here? Is there anything else you

We are of the opinion Also, you see a growing trend would like to share with
that we need to find a way amongst countries in the western Afrika?
hemisphere where people are start-
to share our seeds coun- ing to look at complementary and My message to Afrika in these times
try-to-country to enhance alternative medicine deriving from of flux that we’re currently seeing
and sustain the bio-diversity roots and herbs. We are hoping to right now, the world essentially is
on the continent. Do you introduce a product line of herbal shaking and there’s a lot of distrac-
think that is possible? products before the end of the year. tion. It’s important that we Afrikans
I think it’s a fantastic initiative, I I’m planning to make a trip to begin to look within, return to self,
remove the proverbial shackles that
the rain-forested areas of Afrika,
think there has to be a cross-pol- Cameroon, DRC, the Congo River have been placed on our minds, real-
lination of ideas from across the Basin and speak with the people of ize the innate greatness that resides
continent. For instance, I would love the rain forest and learn about their within us and begin to build our
to have my yam seeds grown in oth- plants and have that exchange that continent and engage in enterprise
er parts of the continent because of this herb and these roots do this that takes into cognizance natural
the nutritional benefits. At the same and this and that. We have to start laws and spiritual laws, that we’re
time, learning this is what this does cross-pollinating ideas and I think not violating them.
in Kenya and it’s grown in this part the key to doing that, show our how
of Kenya, let’s say in Meru, at the rain forests are our natural environ- We’re respecting one another and
foothills of Mt. Kenya - which is a ments and equate to wealth. If you we’re helping to elevate and build
temperate climate - but it does this, do that you can begin to set aside one another as well. That, for me, is
this and this and is also very medic- proceeds to maintaining and re- very important and you will see if
inal and okay, in Nigeria I know a storing that environment. And then we have that focus and commitment
similar topography and climate to begin to share this grows in Kenya; towards one another and the conti-
Meru is Mambila in Taraba, on the this grows in DRC; this grows in nent, we will develop in no time, we
border between Nigeria and Cam- Nigeria and to our benefit. will retain the innate greatness that
eroon.
is waiting to be actualized and build
Do you think that there is a prosperous future.
Why don’t we go there and
plant these seeds and intro- any hope for recovering our

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