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By Nabilu Balarabe
The Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency (AMDIE), says it is going to spend money on the conservation of an 8,000-year-old canoe “Dufuna”, in Yobe as a part of efforts to develop tourism within the state.
Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, Gov. Mai Mala Buni’s Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, acknowledged this in an announcement on Monday in Damaturu.
Dufuna is the world’s second-oldest identified boat. It is a dugout canoe found in 1987 by a Fulani cattle herdsman just a few kilometers from the village of Dufuna in Fune space, not removed from the Komadugu Gana River, in Yobe.
In 1994, archaeologists Peter Breunig and Garba Abubakar, from Frankfurt University, Germany, and University of Maiduguri, respectively, excavated the positioning.
The canoe was dug out over two weeks by 50 labourers and was discovered to be 8.4 meters in size, 50cm large and 5 cm thick. It was present in a waterlogged state resting on a sandy mattress with layers of clay between it and the floor defending it.
The canoe had been radiocarbon-dated at the very least twice, and was dated to 6556-6388 BCE and to 6164-6005 BCE, making it the oldest identified boat in Africa, the second-oldest worldwide.
Mohammed stated Mr Yassine El Ahyani, Head of Emerging Industries, Moroccan Investment and Export Development Agency, made the pledge on Monday in Rabat, when he obtained the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Baba Wali, in Rabat.
“The company is conscious of the wealthy and historic canoe in Yobe, and the large tourism potentials it has for the state and nation.
“The canoe would flip across the fortunes of the state with huge financial flip over. The Dufuna Canoe is among the only a few artefacts on the face of the earth that may be very appropriate for educational and historic analysis.
“It has the capacity to generate employment, create wealth and infrastructural development for the state,” Yassine stated.
In his remarks, Wali, who led the state authorities delegation to Morocco, assured that authorities would offer enabling surroundings for funding in Dufuna and different age-long cultural festivals within the state for worldwide prominence.
“This is according to the coverage of the Buni administration to supply employment alternatives to our youth in hospitality, transportation and tour information, amongst others.
“Government is most willing to partner all Moroccan investors to explore this and other untapped potentials in the state,” he stated.
The Dufuna canoe which is recognised because the oldest watercraft in Africa symbolises the wealthy historical past and heritage of the area.
The canoe was discovered within the village of Dufuna, which is situated between Potiskum and Gashua, in Yobe State.
The Yobe authorities’s initiative to remodel the canoe right into a outstanding vacationer attraction underscores its dedication to selling tourism and preserving cultural artefacts for future generations. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Muhyideen Jimoh
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