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Yankari Game Reserve
By Abdullahi Alhassan
The Bauchi State house of Assembly has submitted its report of the joint House Committee on Culture and Tourism and Forestry and Environment on a motion calling on the State Government to demarcate some villages around Yankari Game Reserve was laid by Honorable. Yunusa Ahmed (Warji Constituency).
The Committee recommended that the State government should as a matter of urgency construct earth dams in different locations of the Park to reduce the movement of elephants, especially during the dry season.
The State Government should restructure the game reserve and confirm the acting General Manager so that he will have more power to deliver his mandate.
The Committee also recommended that as corporate social responsibility, the Government should provide 19% of the revenue accruing to the surrounding villages and take measures to assist farmers who live within the Game Reserve to recover losses of farm produce destroyed by the animals
The Committee further suggested that Government should renovate rangers’ quarters, offer permanent and pensionable appointments to rangers who are casual staff, and liaise with security authorities to provide the latest and sophisticated equipment to rangers to deal with intruders coming from the neighboring states.
Government should also take drastic action against any traditional ruler, Community leader, or person who connives to kill animals in the Park and Government should provide poverty alleviation programs for teaming youth in the area.
The Honorable House adopted all the recommendations of the Committee.