Are you from a community in Benue state, “FOOD BASKET OF THE NATION?” Do you know your people can build more social or industrial excellence if they have the liberty to own and control their lands, resources and socio-industrial destiny?
Today, God sends you to take the message of intercultural liberty to your community and their neighbors for them to prepare to manifest the greatness that God put in each community at the coming Tour of Liberty starting in November. This intercultural liberty is the belief that:
“there is something great in every community and culture, and so, they all deserve the liberty to own, modify and use their cultural, human and natural resources to prosper and to manifest their greatness to their communities, nations, continent and the world. And that the four institutions of public regulation (government, religion, academia and mass media) are only made to support these communities and their members to manifest their greatness.”
So, your people are not made to depend, survive and endure, but to prosper and manifest abundance to other people in Benue, Nigeria, Africa and the world. This Tour of Liberty will lead to discussion and institution of private property rights in a Restart National Conference for each community or individual to own and control their lands and resources (cultural, human and natural resources). For, despite government beautification of the environment, as long as the communities and individuals lack control of their lands and resources for socio-industrial growth, they are still under neo-colonial bondage.
CULTURAL RESOURCES: Benuewas created in 1976, consisting of 3 main tribes (Tiv, Idoma and Igede) that are spread across over 210 communities. Apart from their various tribal languages, they generally speak English as official language. These communities and cultures in Benue have different festivals, stories and legends, which they can refine and use for arts, entertainment and sending their message to the world. They are mostly Christians, with almost 95% Christians and few African Traditional Religions’ devotees.
HUMAN RESOURCES: based on the 2008 INEC register, Benue has a population of about 4 million pleasant and hardworking people. And some prominent people from Benue who can influence this socio-industrial liberation process and prosperity of Benue people include: George Akume, David Mark, Tuface Innocent Idibia, Paul Enenche, Paul Boroh, Aisha Ashimugu, Godwin Terver Jombo.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Benue covers about 30,900 square kilometers square kilometers of land and has heavy rainfall. Some of the communities have forest and arable land that can support various types of agriculture like palm, Iroko, raffia, shea butter, locust bean, cotton, groundnuts, beniseed, soya beans, palm oil, yam, etc
POTENTIALS FOR THESE RESOURCES WITH THE ACTIVATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS IN NIGERIA
CULTURAL: since they have different ethnic communities, they can develop movies, books, stories, games, and arts to project their story of harmonizing their differences to manifest their intercultural liberty.
HUMAN: with as much as 4million, Benue state has and can produce high level diplomats, engineers, scholars, doctors, writers, athletes and professionals in all sectors of the economy.
NATURAL RESOURCES:
Even though they do not harness their mineral resources, their vast arable land can massively produce and improve from mechanized farming.
When communities and individuals take control of their lands and resources, then they can partner with various groups and well-regulated investors to properly use these resources to prosper and manifest their abundance.
