Hundreds of farmers in northern Upper Nile have organized protests after they were allegedly excluded from a distribution of government funding intended for farmers in the state.

Several farmers from Kaka, Jalhak and Geiger told Radio Tamazuj that they found their names missing in a payroll of funding.

They accused the Farmers Union of receiving funds on behalf of the farmers.

“The farmers union in northern Upper Nile is unfair because it distributed the money to its staff instead of farmers,” one farmer said.

The protesting farmers called on the National Ministry of Agriculture in Juba to intervene and resolve the problem of funding.

Previously, Upper Nile State Minister of Agriculture Dhieu Chan told Radio Tamazuj that the national government provided seeds to farmers and approved distribution of about 3,000 barrels of fuel.

He further said the national government in Juba accepted to release funds to promote cultivation in Renk, Akoka and Maban Counties.

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