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No matter how far you urinate, the last drop always falls at your feet

Among the Ibos of Nigeria there is a saying from some wise cola nut eaters, I just don’t know how they manage to chew that bitter thing- Well our sugar too has turned bitter. As I was saying, a wise man once said: ‘No matter how far you urinate, the last drop always falls at your feet.

Today the cane cutter has decided not to delve into matters sugar. The amount of words bandied around about the commodity by even people who don’t know what sugarcane is can make you sick in the stomach. The cane cutter has chosen instead to write about the morals we can learn from the debate and many more going into 2017.

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