By AUGUSTINE TOGONU-BICKERSTETH

Dear Lt.-General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja,

I write on the allegation of poor feeding of Nigerian troops because you are a progressive man.

My first and last letter to you was when you were GOC Kaduna in respect of the 1 trillion naira lost to fire and a seminar you organised for fire safety.

Today you are the Chief of Army Staff and you swung in to look into the feeding of the soldiers.

I would like to make some previously held suggestions.

1. Chocolate enriched with Vitamin B for all Nigerian soldiers, part of their kit to boost morale and in the case of eventuality.

I have long discussed this with Oba Dokun Thompson of international cocoa diplomacy fame. The Nigerian Army can have a chocolate making complex particularly because chocolate making is expensive.

2. Maltina every day for the Nigerian troops. Maltina as produced by the International Breweries, Ogun State, is rich in Vitamin B to keep soldiers’ nerves calm.

3. Erisco Foods can supply all the canned fruits, vegetables, curries, stews, soups, vegetable salad, fruit salad, sardines, mackerel, tuna, crabs, shrimps and snails.

4. Plantains are rich in potassium to help fight sodium in the body and so maintain safe blood pressure.

5. Sweet corn as produced by Professor Adetimirin, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan.

6. Cowpea as produced by Professor Adefunke Adekunle, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin.

7. Then we have citrus, mangoes and banana for good mood and against depression.

8. Ramon Aderoju of Edebiti Farms Iseyin, Oyo State, can supply the cashew. Cashew juice for good eye sight and carrots, too.

•Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth, a Nigerian in the Diaspora, writes from the United Kingdom.

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