The maize producing areas in the south west Nigeria offers some potential for raising goatsAA 56 day feeding trial studied the effect of Leucaena leaf supplementation on maize residues on goats. Twenty West African Dwarf goats randomly selected from a village herd were stratified according to their weight, and then randomly allocated to four dietary treatments namely: village feeding (VF) containing free ranging with crop residues supplementation, village feeding with maize residues (VF+MR), village feeding with dried Leucaena leaves (VF+LL), village feeding, maize residues and Leucaena leaves (VF+MR+LL) for diets 1 to 4, respectively. Leucaena leaf supplementation significantly increased (P < 0.05) the Dry Matter intake and body weights of goats. Diet 4 containing (VF+MR+LL) produced the best performance for optimum growth of goats. Leucaena leaves could therefore play a valuable role in supplying supplemental nitrogen to goats fed maize residues under the village system of management.