When Garri Stood Trial: A Courtroom Allegory of Poverty and Resilience

A crowded courtroom. Journalists, farmers, students and politicians fill every seat. On trial is Garri—accused of standing in for the people’s hopes. Politicians boast of resilience while students confess they survive on handfuls of the meal. Witnesses paint Garri as the substitute for crumbling roads, failing hospitals and empty wallets. Garri objects. It never promised to replace ambition, only to offer relief in hard times. It reveals how society has turned it into a substitute for real progress and stripped it of dignity. The verdict clears Garri of wrongdoing but condemns the continued expectation that this humble staple should stand in for true prosperity.

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