“Kaikai distillation is a basic occupation of our people. How for God’s sake that Kaikai is labelled as illicit drink for over 60 years since after Independence is what baffles people like me."Robert Azibaola, a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday advocated lifting of the ban on local gin popularly known as Kaikai.
Mr Azibaola, who made the advocacy while speaking with reporters in Yenagoa, noted that it was regrettable that ‘Kaikai’ still remained outlawed in the statute books of states in the federation. He lamented that the erroneous belief had hindered the growth of local drinks industry which would have helped to reduce the level of poverty as the local drink could become an export commodity to earn foriegn currency.
He noted with dismay that people whose livelihood depended on the local gin were being arrested, while those who deal in alcoholic gins brewed abroad are treated as doing normal business. “Those foreign drinks are local drinks of people elsewhere, just like our own Kaikai is brewed here, the only thing is that we have failed to identify the potential of our own and act accordingly.”
He also explained that the potential of the rain forest had not been tapped to create wealth, adding that the vast rain forest were just lying fallow without deliberate efforts by governments and the people to take advantage of the abundant forest resources.
Mischievous headlines
Drinking kaikain is not by force. The drink is as old as Nigeria itself. Move to Kano and join Hisba police. Nigerians have a right to some happiness and enjoyment.
Remove Jonathan name there biko
Who banned kaikai in our ijaw land, it's not possible, if the hen forsake kwom what will she use to feed her chicks.
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