 To the head of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Monetary Policy Committee meeting on Monday, Ulusei Ulushogasio, patien partners group says, the outcome of the meeting does not have an impact on citizens and therefore should be looked away from as a means of measuring inflation in the country. Saying that if the ordinary man's standard of living does not change is of no implication on the economy. He spoke in Ligas at the 10th anniversary of the group. He said the country should focus on consuming locally made products to bring down the cost of living. They may decide to raise rates, but I think the impact is going to be marginal on the markets because that's not actually what's really driving inflation. I think that in Nigeria, we should stop trying to use knowledge from the West to operate fully in Nigeria. I think Nigeria is a very peculiar country. The man on the street does not really understand interest rate went up or down. What it cares about because even if he wanted to borrow money in the bank today, he probably cannot get those rates that they are seeing. What actually affects him is cost of living. And I think that as long as cost of living continues to go up, inflation will continue to go up. For me, I think that we should stop holding on to the MPC as though they are gods or they are going to change anything. What is actually going to change our lives is actually figuring out how we consume locally and bring down the cost of living. That's basically how I see it. So I think that they might raise rates, but for me it's irrelevant. And on the shortage of grains due to your ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Lusheye says food security is a big problem in Nigeria. And then the world and says the PPL will provide fertilizers to farmers to improve farm products. We're actually using the world today to come from Ukraine. And even if the world stops tomorrow, right, it's going to take a while before you have people who are actually able to seal the land to ensure that the land is actually good enough for the crops. And so what that's going to create is scarcity, scarcity of grains. And when you have scarcity of grains, the cost of fertilizer is actually going to skyrocket to the roof. I guess what's going to happen to food, food is going to get a lot more expensive. So for us, we need to take that initiative to say, look, food security for us is actually the biggest problem not just for Nigeria or for the world at large. And Nigeria as a country, we need to play our part in ensuring that we elevate, even though we know that we cannot do it alone, we elevate and try and work with different partners to see how we can reduce that impact on Nigeria. We've seen the different schemes that Central Bank has tried to come up with. And there are different companies that are out there that basically help the farmers source for things like fertilizer. And those fertilizers, so basically we buy the fertilizer to help improve their crops. And so when the crops are then harvested, they're stored in a warehouse. And so we can do trades in warehouse receipts. So basically we're helping them to actually fund the fertilizers. And then when the products are out, when they're then sold, we get our money back. That's also doing the social good for Nigeria and for the world at large. Businesses generally are facing a lot of challenges. It's a tough time at the moment. And it's not just peculiar to Nigeria, it's a global issue. I mean, coming out of the pandemic as well as the lumen recession, I think that it's a tough environment, but there's still opportunities for businesses. It's just seeking them out and taking them quickly. There are so many parties to the whole success story. So when we talk about success, therefore, a celebrity's success, but not just a celebrity herself, a celebrity all those who have contributed in one way or the other to our success. I think the first thing of course is you have a clear vision. Of course, I have a plan. I just follow your plan diligently. So more than anything, I just focus, you do it, I do it well, I give it time. Nothing good comes easy, it doesn't come fast. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.