Nigeria — Transhumance Tracking Tool Report — Flow Monitoring Dashboard 2 — Kaduna and Katsina states (January 2024)

This report presents the data for January 2024, collected through direct interviews and direct observation by DTM enumerators and triangulated via a network of key informants. It highlights the number of herders and their herds identified at 51 counting points. Notably, this enumeration included areas within the Kachia, Kaura, Kaita, and Faskari Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kaduna and Katsina states, under the auspices of the UN Peacebuilding Fund. Additionally, it extended to Batsari, Jibia, Kankara, and Dansuma LGAs of Katsina state, which were supported by the European Union Fund.
In January 2024, Transhumance Flow Monitoring tool identified 3,548 herders in Kaduna State and 873 herders in Katsina State. The animal count was estimated at 72,011 for Kaduna State and 21,422 for Katsina State. Notably, 92 per cent of the total number of herders departed from states within Nigeria, while the remaining 8 per cent departed from Niger.