Yobe State government is set to make the ancient Dufuna Canoe a tourist attraction in the state.

The commissioner for home affairs, information and culture, Hon Abdullah Bego, said it was the resolve of Governor Mai Mala Buni to salvage and restore the ancient Dufuna Canoe – which was excavated in 1998 and now in a fragile state.

He said the government will make it as a major tourist attraction in the state.

Bego disclosed this at a meeting with the new director-general of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Mr Olugbile Holloway and his management staff in Abuja.

He said the canoe is believed to be 8,000 years old and the oldest watercraft in sub-Saharan Africa which underscored the government’s decision to make it one of the tourists’ centres.