Desertification : Kano Plants Trees On Major Roads

The Kano State Govern
ment says it has planted 120 kms of trees along the 57 major roads in the city to curb desertification.
Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the state Commissioner for Environment, made this known at a ceremony to mark the 2014 World Environment Day last week in Kano.
Abbas said that this was in addition to the 50 kms of shelterbelt in seven locations across the state.
“The ecological challenges in Kano are seen in form of progressive desertification, loss of biodiversity, massive felling of trees, loss of grazing land as well as escalation of poverty and pervasive rural underemployment.’’
Abbas, who was represented by Alhaji Mohammad Badawi, the Permanent Secretary, Kano State Ministry of Environment, stressed the need for more community participation to control the effects of climate change.
He added that the government would aggressively pursue public education on ownership of various remediation projects.

Mixture of oil and gas discharging into the environment at Ikarama oil fields operated by Nigeria Agip Oil Company in Yenagoa LGA, Bayelsa, recently.