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  - AGRIFOCUSAFRICA.COM - A La Une - 09/07/2024 08:38

SPECIAL REPORT: Jigawa villagers link declining farming output, urban drift to abandonment of dam

Musa Ado is sad that his village no longer retains its young men. Every year, they migrate to Lagos, Port-Harcourt and other southern Nigerian cities for menial jobs, he said ruefully in March, when PREMIUM TIMES’s reporter met him in the village. Mr Ado is the head of Warwade, a rural community about 16 kilometres from Dutse, the capital of Jigawa State in north-west Nigeria. The Warwade Dam is at the centre of economic activities in the village and surrounding area. He said farming was lucrative until the dam became decrepit due to poor maintenance and abandoned water channels. “The […]

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