Deforestation: Adamawa Govt, NGO plant 16,000 trees in Yola

The Adamawa State Government is partnering a nongovernmental organisation to plant 16,000 tree seedlings around a 1,000-unit housing estate in the state capital, Yola

In collaboration with the NGO, Agro-climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes, ACReSAL, the state government at the weekend flagged off the 16,000 tree planting exercise at the 1,000 Housing Estate in Makolhi, a residential community in Yola South Local Government Area.

Flagging off the programme, the Commissioner of Environment, Bala Sadiq Kalu restated government’s commitment towards tackling the problem of deforestation.

Kalu said government deems it necessary to protect the environment by planting trees, and called on people to support the programme.

Also speaking at the occasion, the Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Jada urged people to desist from cutting down trees. He advised that they should, instead, cultivate the habit of planting trees to protect the environment.

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Earlier in a remark, ACReSAL Consultant on Urban Greening, Dr Enoch Badigal, who stressed that the programme would plant 16,000 different varieties of trees at the Malkohi Housing Estate, explained that the NGO is in Nigeria to increase sustainable landscape management practices.

He added that the state government asked AcreSal to plant trees in each of the streets of the estate in Makolhi to save the environment from erosion and other challenges.

Earlier in the month, on August 8, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri had, in a post on X, disclosed that he has directed the Ministry of Forestry to plant trees within the estate.