Julius Berger is a road construction company with a rich pedigree in Nigeria. I doubt if in the last 50 years any road construction company can compete for fame with Julius Berger in Nigeria. There are other road construction companies but Julius Berger stands heads and shoulders above them. The interesting thing is that while Julius Berger is big in Nigeria, in its parent country, Germany, it is almost anonymous. Today, the fortunes of Julius Berger have nose dived. Firstly, apparently, Government found it difficult to pay the company for services rendered. At a time, it was rumoured that Government was paying with Crude Oil. Today, while road construction is still going on in various parts of Nigeria, Julius Berger's share of the market has really shrunken. Perhaps to keep afloat, it is diversifying into Agriculture. In Epe it has gone into processing Cashew Nuts. I hope the same excellence it displayed in road construction would be replicated in Agriculture. It is strange but