A new delicacy may have hopped
on to the Nigerian menu as
traders from across the country
are queuing up to buy frogs at
Dorawa Salau Kadawa, a village
in Garun Mallam Local
Government Area of Kano State.
On a visit to the frogs market,
PREMIUM TIMES correspondent
observed people from different
parts of Nigeria purchasing the
reptile in large quantities to take
back home.
The buyers have erected camps
at the village and brought a
bloom to its economy.
According to some of the patrons,
however, the trade in frogs is not
a new line of business.
Sadikatu Ajiboye said she has
been in the business for 15 years.
She told our reporter that she
was bringing kolanut up north to
Kano, until she realized that
frogs have a greater turnover in
the south than any other article
of trade she was taking back.
Mrs. Ajiboye, 56 years old, said
the trade in frogs earns her huge
returns on a weekly basis.
She said a small carton of the
reptile fetched as much as N5000,
with a piece sold at N200.
The mother of two said she
distributed the delicacy across
states in the south-west, south-
east and south-south. She said
people even paid upfront for the
frogs.
Solomon Nwafor from Abia State said he is a
hunter of frogs in Dorawa Salau Kadawa
village of Kano.
Mr. Nwafor said he wakes up as early as
possible in the morning to hunt, and
sometimes late in the evening too.
The hunters use hooks to catch the frogs. Mr.
Nwafor said he makes an average of N20,000
weekly in sales of the frogs.
The frog hunter said he enjoyed a peaceful
relationship with his host community, as the
villagers never harass the hunters or disturb
their business.
“Because of the understanding that exists
between us, we the frog marketers and our
Hausa (hosts), our business has kept growing
by the day with more people coming to
purchase. Some (patrons) even export to
Asia,” Mr. Nwafor said.
