Palm wine is one of nature’s beverages in most rural parts of Nigeria. This sweet-to-sharp tasting alcoholic juice is an important pre-requisite in many traditional events including bride prize and marriages, burials, etc. The brew is harvested from palm trees (family of Arecaceae) and once provided lucrative businesses for palm wine tappers in rural communities.
Ms. Perpetual-Love Uduma is the young CEO of FitFamTombia – a food processing enterprise now registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Indeed, rural transformation is possible when we place the energetic population - the youths - at the center of rural development. The case of TULA Clothing Company LTD is a pointer to the poignant fact that “if well managed and focused”, youths are the bedrock of rural and subsequently national development.