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Bago said the president was positive about it, adding that he was delighted with what the state was doing. The Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, says farmers now desire to return to their farms in the state, saying most of them are already back to farm.Bago added that he had offered to pilot the planned 500,000 hectares of agricultural production announced by President Bola Tinubu in his New Year message. Bago said this in a statement on Sunday after meeting with President Tinubu in Abuja. He said Niger State was now the leading state in terms of the food security initiative of the president as…