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Dutse, Sept. 17, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government has directed the authorities of the 27 Local Governments in the state to immediately commence activities to launch the 2016 tree planting campaign.
The Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad, gave the directive in Buji Local Government Area on Saturday at the launch of the tree planting campaign.
The Information Officer of the local government, Alhaji Ali Safiyanu, said in Dutse that the commissioner urged the people to plant trees on their farms and houses to curtail desert encroachment.
The Director, Agricultural Services in the ministry, Alhaji Ibrahim Ahmad represented the commissioner at the occasion.
Safiyanu said that the commissioner acknowledged tree planting as vital in preserving the environment.
He said that Alhaji Barau Abdullahi, the Commissioner for Environment
warned that the state government would not tolerate indiscriminate felling of trees, especially those by the road sides.
The commissioner was represented by the Director of Environment in the ministry, Alhaji Umar Idris.
The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Alhaji Hashim Ahmad, promised to distribute free tree seedlings to the people to plant in their houses and farms.
The council would distribute 10,000 assorted tree seedlings to farmers and other interested individuals in the area for planting. (NAN)
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(Edited by Emmanuel Nwoye and controlled by Adeleye Ajayi)