In 2004, some displaced white farmers from Zimbabwe arrived in agrarian communities in the Shonga district of Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State on the invitation of the state government. The governor of the state at the time, Bukola Saraki, said they were invited to revolutionise agricultural practice and enhance the government’s agro-economy initiative. About 20 years after, PREMIUM TIMES’ Yakubu Mohammed visited some of these communities, where he found local farmers…
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