700 visitors only to Jigawa Museum in 12 months

The management of the National Museum, Birnin Kudu, on Monday said it recorded about 700 visitors between January and December 2014, an average of 2 visitors per day.

Malam Sufi Abubakar, the Education Officer, Rock Paintings Interpretation in the museum, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kudu.

Abubakar said the visitors were from within and outside the country.

He said that some tourists from Germany and Egypt also visited the centre within the period under review.

Abubakar listed the monuments visited by the tourists to include Dutsen-Murhu, Dutsen-Musa and Dutsen-Habude rock painting sites.

He said that the three major sites provided the visitors the opportunity to know the historical background of the people.