This is Baga fish market Maiduguri, Borno state, Nigeria.
It is the biggest Fish market in Nigeria. Baga Fish market was known for dried fish from natural water and it attract traders within and outside the country.
The market was shut down at the peak of the Boko Haram insurgency which affected the market.
With the restoration of peace and security in the area, the market has been reopened earlier last year and it has returned to its busy business activities.
Baga Market is fed with fish from various local government areas and villages within Borno State, such as Konduga, Bama, Aloe, and f rom Baga town on the shores of Lake Chad.
Lake Chad and River Aloe in Maiduguri are the two sources of the Baga Fish Market in Maiduguri.
Baga Fish market is a major economic support for the people of the area.
Baga Fish Market got its name from a village in the Lake Chad area, Baga in Kukawa LGA of Borno State.
Baga Fish Market can feed over 20 big trucks with dried fish in a week.
©Awoko Kwara