Photo Courtesy: allafrica.comReport released in London indicated that various species of lions in Nigeria and other countries in West Africa face increasing decline and are most probably on the verge of extinction in few years if nothing is done to redress the ugly trend.
While countries in East Africa are waking up everyday to the benefits of tourism and making all attempts to stop the extinction of lions and other wildlife animals.
West Africa is completely sleeping. Nigeria's tourism can earn her billions of naira in foreign exchange but the easy oil cash which encourages corruption is preventing all investments in the sector.
The Yankari Games Reserve is almost dead. With the Islamists in Mali now and Boko Haram in Nigeria, one wonders if any tourist sector will survive in West Africa because all the regions that these two operate in are the best for wildlife and tourism; Northern Nigeria and Northern Mali
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