Woyanne propaganda has reached a new low — lower than Nazi propaganda — when this week one of its web sites reported that 3,000 peasants have become millionaires. The next thing WIC will report is “The economy under Woyanne is so strong, people from Kenya, Yemen and even Saudi Arabia are migrating to Ethiopia to find better jobs.” Read the “report” below by WIC.
Less than 3,000 resettlers earn close to 72mln birr in Limuseka Woreda
Jimma, January 21, 2008 (WIC) – Farmers resettled in Limuseka Woreda of Oromia State three years ago have managed to earn about 72 million birr in a year, according to the woreda administration.
Woreda chief administrator Tesfahun Alula said at an award giving ceremony that the 2,700 farmers resettled in Demedenabe and Motegallesa resettlement centers from drought hit areas have earned more than 71.7 million birr.
The resettlers have become development heroes by developing market-oriented crops such as peanut, sesame and nigger seed, among others, he added.
Some 38 development heroes drawn from 41 kebele farmers associations, including the resettlers, were awarded various agricultural implements and certificates, according to Tesfahun.
The development heroes in the woreda have each earned from 80,000 to 160,000 birr by cultivating 77 hectares of land through traditional irrigation, it was indicated.
Jimma Zone Chief Administrator, Muhammed Nur Aba Chabsa, handed out the certificates and awards.