Jigawa Govt directs LGs to launch tree planting campaign
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Campaign
By Muhammad Bashir
Dutse, Sept. 17, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Commissioner for
Local Governments Affairs, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad, has directed the 27 local governments to launch the 2016 Tree Planting Campaign in their respective areas.
Muhammad gave the directives when he inspected the launch of tree planting campaign in Buji Local Government Area.
The commissioner urged people to plant trees in their farms and houses so as to curtail desert encroachment.
Represented by Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad, the Director Agricultural Services in the ministry, Muhammad said that planting a tree was vital for the environment.
The Commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Barau Abdullahi, warned that the state government would not tolerate indiscriminate felling of trees, especially by road sides.
Abdullah, represented by Director Environment, Alhaji Umar Idris, also charged people to always protect their environment.
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Alhaji Hashim Ahmad, said the council would distribute free seedlings to people to plant in their houses and farms.
Ahmad said 10,000 assorted tree seedlings would be distributed to farmers and other interested individuals in the area for planting. (NAN)
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(Edited by Felix Nwadioha