In 1956, when the Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd of England visited Nigeria

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In 1956, when the Queen Elizabeth, the 2nd of England come to Nigeria, she visited the Eruwa Pineapple Plantation (now in Oyo State). My grandfather was the plantation manager then.
The farm used to supply the pineapple to the Lafia Canning factory in Ibadan, owned by Western Nigeria Development Corporation, WNDC, at the time. The citrus canned by the Lafia factory was supplied from the Apoje Farm Settlement near Ijebu Igbo (now in Ogun State)
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According to my older cousin, Adeniyi Babalola, who was old enough then, and who was staying with our grandfather at Eruwa, the unique thing about the Eruwa farm was that it had 2 large windmills and turbines, which were used to generate electricity and run water throughout the farm settlement at Eruwa.

That was in Western Nigeria in 1956 - Windmills to generate electricity!!!
The Eruwa farm is now a cashew-nut plantation (and another 500 acre cashew nut farm near Iwo, in Osun State) which have been and are being badly managed by successive Oyo State Governments, while the over 5500 hectares Apoje Oil Palm and Citrus Plantation, was sold by the Gbenga Daniel administration of Ogun State to a private "investor" for N30 million.
What Has Gone Wrong With Nigeria??
---- Akintokunbo Adejumo