Harnessing Supare’s Economic Potential
Harnessing Supare’s Economic Potential Distinguished leaders, elders, youths, and good people of Supare, Today 1st of October,2025 i used this piece to reflect on my recent visit to our Land between Oyinmo and Ose. With a deep sense of responsibility and hope. Our beloved community, Supare, is blessed beyond measure. God, in His infinite wisdom, has given us fertile land—a land that is capable of producing not only food to sustain us but also wealth to elevate us. Our soil can nurture cocoa, kolanut, coffee, and other cash crops, in addition to supporting subsistence farming. But let me ask: have we truly harnessed these blessings for our collective prosperity? The answer, unfortunately, is no. It is a painful reality that much of our farmland is being cultivated by neighboring communities. So much so that Supare land has come to be referred to as “Oko Oka”—meaning farmlands of Oka. Why? Because our brothers from Oka, living in a hilly terrain with little arable land, cherish ever...