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The Bulama of Kalgwai community Usman Magaji, stated joyously that the re-introduction of the fishing festival was highly commendable. He appealed to the state government to sustain it as a yearly event stressing that it would constitute a veritable tourist attraction for the state and Nigeria at large.
Another resident, Sale Computer, from neighbouring Marke community, said the re-introduction of the fishing festival has brought the government closer to the people and could help improve the local populace’s economic fortunes if sustained and organised in league with all relevant agencies at state and federal levels.
“The festival was first conducted in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. It was last conducted in 2015. The re-introduction of the festival will help both the residents and the government itself. The winners have won motorcycles, water pump machines, sewing machines, grinding machines and others. “The fish here is not an iced fish or mechanised fish; it’s natural river fish, fresh from the river. The taste is different from what you have from the mechanised and iced fish. That is why we usually come over here because a lot of my customers prefer this type of fresh fish from the river, Mr Maigari said.of Hadejia, Adamu Abubakar-Maje, advised the government to expand the fishing festival competition to other riverine areas in the zone to accommodate more contestants.