<P> Groundnut pyramids were pyramid - like structures made from groundnut sacks . The pyramids were built in northern Nigeria in cities such as Kano, where groundnut production was a key part of the economy . They were viewed as both a tourist attraction and a symbol of wealth . In the 1960s and 70s, as production in Nigeria shifted from agriculture to oil, the groundnut pyramids disappeared . Recently, the Nigerian government has made efforts to revive the groundnut industry and rebuild the pyramids . </P> <P> Groundnut pyramids were the invention of Alhassan Dantata, a prominent nut trader . Dantata came to Kano in 1919 and within five years was one of the most successful businessmen, supplying the Royal Niger Company (RNC) with most of their groundnuts . Dantata's company kept their groundnuts at a facility in Kofar Nassarawa, and they stacked the bags in the shape of a pyramid before they were shipped . One groundnut pyramid could be made from as much as 15,000 full groundnut bags . A journalist who visited a former groundnut pyramid site in Kano reported that the land was now a football field . </P>

Groundnut is mostly grown in which part of nigeria