JISEPA, UNICEF lead 1,500 tree planting campaign

From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

The Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency (JISEPA) with support from United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) organised a tree planting campaign to celebrate the 2024 International Youth Day.
Speaking during the flagg-off of the campaign in Sule-tankarkar local government, the managing director Jigawa State Environmental Protection Agency JISEPA Alhaji Adamu Sabo said, about 100 groups of youth were engaged in the campaign.
He explained that, three frontline local government areas of deforestation and desertification include Sule-tankarkar, Babura and Maigatari were selected to engage youths in planting of 500 trees in each local government.
According to him, the idea of engaging youths in tree planting campaign is part of present administration’s agenda in the state to mitigate climate change, protection of erosion and increase survival rate of trees for fresh oxygen.
The managing director then, commended UNICEF for the support and urged youths to embrace tree planting habit by planting one tree each.
In his remarks, the Programme Specialist, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), UNICEF Field Office Kano. Dr. Uba Lawal 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 region.