The West African Conservation Network (WACN) has visited the Ganjuwa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, where the Sumu Wildlife Park – which it intends to co‑manage – is located, and pledged to revive the park.
Speaking during a familiarization visit by WACN Team at the Local Government Headquarters, the Chairman of the Local Government, Hon. Mohammed Idris Miya assured to assist for the development of the park.
According to him, “Any kind of support you want in this Local Government I will do beyond my expectations as you are comparing Yankarin with Sumo, we even want to be more than Yankarin and with you I believe things would go beyond that.
“I told my people that there is a good thing that is coming to Ganjuwa Local Government.
Earlier in her address, WACN Project Manager for Sumu Wildlife Park, Justina Elachi, while assuring the Chairman that WACN is committed to bringing in new ideals to revamp the park, she noted that WACN is working on bringing in indigenous species to the park, before bringing in other species.
According to her, “conservation is very broad and it is possible that even though they might be lost indigenous species in the park, we can still bring in species that are not originally west African but the will survive depending on the climate situation of the place.
The Project Manager, while assuring that WACN will give Sumu a name just like Yankarin park and others, she noted that Sumu would soon be on the wildlife map just like other parks. As according to her, the park would bring development to Ganjuwa Local Government area and Bauchi State at large.
