Birds, grasshoppers destroy farm produce in Sokoto villages

Quelea birds and grasshoppers have destroyed farm produce worth millions of naira in twelve villages of Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State, the Chairman of the council, Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna, has said.

Haruna told the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Saturday that the swarms had been attacking farms in the area in the last two weeks.

The chairman listed the affected villages as Gati, Mallamawa, Diboni, Runguwar Ja’o, Bakin Dutse, Gidan Kirya, Araba, Mullela, Sonane, Runji, Tumbulukun and Munwadata

Punch, October 8

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