The Nigerian Association of Zoological Gardens and Wildlife Parks (NAZAP) was inaugurated in October 2015, and registered with the Federal Government in November 2017, with the motto, “Biodiversity, Conservation, and Stewardship”. Its Governing Council had their third meeting
recently. Rising from the meeting, NAZAP President, Dr. Olajumoke Morenikeji, an associate professor of Parasitology/ Ecology and Environmental Biology Unit of Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, told PAUL OMOROGBE why the association wants the government to revitalise Nigeria’s wildlife.

We don’t even take care of our national parks, not to talk of zoos. I had the privilege of speaking to the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed because I was invited to a tourism summit in Abuja, and they were discussing ways of making the economy do well through tourism. When I stood up to speak about zoos, everyone kept quiet because it had always been about hotels and those kinds of places.
But I said zoos are the most visited places on earth, anywhere you go. So, we have to do something about the zoos and parks sector to bring money to the country. I told him there is a need to have a zoo in every state. It will not just benefit those working there, by creating jobs, it will also benefit the locals around and the country, because there are some animals in Nigeria we don’t have anywhere else in the world. People will travel to see them. When they see that the sector is well managed, they will come.


Source:https://www.infonewsnigeria.com/discussion/1241/why-nigerian-governments-must-pay-attention-to-wildlife-dr-morenikeji?new=1

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