From Garba Muhammad
Over 100 Youth from various youth groups in Jigawa state had jointly flagged off a tree planting campaign targeted at planting and nursing 1,500 trees across three local government area of the state Speaking at the flagging off ceremony the representative of the youth group Comrade IIbrahim Sani said, they resolved to use the occasion of the celebration of International Youth Day with tree planting campaign to mobilize youth to Join hands in fight against global warming and other environmental degradation.”With support from UNICEF and Jigawa state government we are determined to use our network to mobilize the entire Jigawa state Youth to support the tree planting and other environmental protection campaign for sustainable environmental development “The 2024 campaign targets to plant 1,500 trees. Five hundred (500) tress have already been planted in Babura, and another 500 trees each will be planted in Maigatari and Sule Tankarkar Speaking at the occasion Dr. Uba Lawal, Programme Specialist, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), UNICEF Field Office Kano. said, the tree planting campaign is a key approach to mitigating the effects of Climate Change, especially in the semi-arid areas of northern Jigawa where deforestation has severely affected the regionDr Uba noted that, UNICEF is supporting the Jigawa State Government by providing resources to mobilize and educate the people of Jigawa on the importance of tree planting and the role that youth will play, being the leaders of tomorrow. The Jigawa state government is leading the campaign and has provided the 1,500 trees to be planted.”The youth are key to sustaining and nurturing the trees being planted as they are the foremost beneficiaries of a greener future. In apparent recognition of the importance of the tree planting campaign in mitigating the effects of Climate Change, the youth of Jigawa have decided to focus on tree planting to celebrate the International”In his speech the representative of the Jigawa state government Alhaji Adamu Sabo MD JISEPA said, the state government had raised over 5 million seedlings of various trees for 2024 tree planting campaign.Mr Sabo added that, Jigawa state government is ready to continue collaborating with UNICEF and other partners in tackling the environmental degradation through tree planting and other measures needed for environmental protection.
