Jama’atu Nasir Islam, JNI, has flagged off the planting of thousands of trees to mitigate desert encroachment in the Toro local government area of Bauchi State.
LEADERSHIP gathered that the topography of most local governments in the southern part of Bauchi State, a zone known for conducive weather over the years, is becoming sandy and dusty. Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed while performing the formal flag off of the exercise said the aim of the exercise is to beautify the environment and provide shelter for the people, adding that it will replace most of the trees cut down by people in the area for domestic use.
He said his administration would rehabilitate the plant nursery unit of Toro council. The governor explained that it is a move to provide the people of the area, with easy access to seedlings and to also encourage massive afforestation exercises to fight the numerous environmental challenges in the state.
Bala Abdulkadir who was represented by the director general of the Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency Dr Ibrahim Kabir also said that his administration, through BASEPA, will train 200 members of the JNI on raising seedlings to increase the group’s appetite for tree planting exercise.