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Drinking Garri doesnt mean you're poor, but allowing the garri to swell-up before drinking is Poverty

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• Drinking Garri doesnt mean you're poor, but allowing the garri to swell-up before drinking is Poverty

  

  Paa Kwesi Nduom
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