Ready part 1: https://blogshop.io/sh/st-58b84e92d564b80b-8620217a3be75a928bc6

In 2024, four years later, my father needs to uproot the same 200 heaps of matured cassavas tubers to fill up the truck of a Kekenapep. Now, a liter of Fuel is NOT enough for trips to the market. These cassava tubers when sold produce a net profit of N100K. A whopping 45% increase in actual profit and profit optimization. A giant leap forward, you will agree!

But, here comes the twist.

This money is NO LONGER ENOUGH to simultaneously pay my school fees (≈quadrupled), afford 50kg bags of rice(≈quadrupled), and semovita (≈quadrupled). And now, fuel price has vehemently refused to stagger below N1000(≈×5). And Dad continues to languish, bemoaning the country's apparent retrogressive economy. 

Lol. All indications point towards the possibility of things worsening in another four years. Sadly, gathering embers in our palms will soon be  synonymous with earning in my country's currency.

I’m optimistic about change and that's why I used ‘Forward Backwardness’ instead of ‘Backward Forwardness’. The two paradoxical phrases above connote similar meaning but the former, I think, holds more positivity than the latter.

So rather than say my country’s economy is experiencing Backward forwardness, say it's experiencing Forward Backwardness. I know it doesn't matter but this way, we are optimistic about our growth and development and transition to the kind of country we all dream of.