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Read the passage and answer the question. 'In many villages of Kwara State, the nearest bank is a two-hour journey away, and for years farmers kept their savings in clay pots or with the village head. The arrival of mobile money agents has changed that. A farmer can now sell yams at the weekly market, receive payment on his phone, and pay his children's school fees the same afternoon without touching a single naira note. The agents themselves are usually young people who had no work before; the commission they earn on each transaction has become a livelihood. Yet the system has its weaknesses. Network failures can lock a family out of its own money for days, and a few agents have vanished with customers' deposits.' The passage is mainly about

Athe benefits and drawbacks of mobile money in rural communities.CORRECT
Bthe dishonesty of mobile money agents.
Cthe reasons banks avoid rural areas.
Dthe difficulties of yam farming in Kwara State.
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Why the answer is A, and why the others tempt you.
The passage describes how mobile money has helped farmers and created work for young agents, then turns with 'yet' to its weaknesses. A balanced treatment of advantages and disadvantages is therefore its main subject. Farming difficulties, the motives of banks and agent dishonesty appear only as details or not at all.
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