The High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia to Nigeria, Ambassador Humphrey Gieseb, has declared his country’s interest to partner with Nigeria in growing the country’s elephant population.
In exploring the global theme of tourism and peace in this year’s World Tourism Day, Eritage Africa in collaboration with Federation of Tourism Associations of Nigeria, Bayelsa State Chapter, and Azaiki Library, held a four part virtual panel discussions on harnessing the potentials of tourism for peace building, conflict resolution and economic development in the Niger Delta.
Speaking during one of the sessions, Ambassador Humphrey Gieseb, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Namibia to Nigeria explained how Namibia and Nigeria can collaborate when it comes to Elephant Sanctuary.
He stated: “Through concerted efforts, through adopting a dedicated Elephants Protection and Management scheme, we have been able to triple the number of our Elephants from 7,000 to 21,000.
“Right now our total number of Elephants is around 24,000. Now if you look at Nigeria, from what I currently know, the total number of Elephants in Nigeria is around 400.”
