Adamawa Senator Flags Off Tree Planting Campaign in Mayo-belwa

Adamawa Senator flags off Tree Planting campaign in Mayo-belwa.

From Umar Dankano, Yola.

In an effort to promote afforestation in our communities, Senator Bonos Dauda Yaroe representing Adamawa Southern Senatorial district has launch a tree planting campaign in Mayo belwa local government area in the state.

ge which is currently ravaging the world is the after effect of the extreme activities of mankind including cutting down of trees, emission of poisonous gases into the atmosphere, indiscriminate dumping of industrial waste and effluent amongst many other causes

Senator Yaroe while launching the tree planning campaign at the permanent site of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (LCCN) Mayo-belwa Diocese Secretariat said that tree planting has become a necessity in order to save the earth from the fury of the climate change.

Senator Yaroe advanced that, with the ongoing global climate change challenge facing mankind then aggressive tree planning is eminent to curtail the natural activity.

Yaroe acknowledges that this initiative will address desertification urging all and sundry to adapt the culture of planning trees to enrich our community.

He said through concerted efforts like tree planting, the country can tackle desertification, saying Israel and the United Arab Emirates have proven that man has the capacity to turn the dessert into a lush green environment.

Senator Yaroe applauded the initiative of the planning campaign kick-started by lliya Yame Foundation across the 21 local government areas in the state saying that tree planting has become a necessity in order to save the earth from the fury of the climate change.

“Today mother earth is faced with many existential challenges: Climate change that is threatening the survival of many regions of the world is mostly man made.

“We build factories and operate equipment that contribute carbon emissions in volumes into the atmosphere without thought of the damage which is being caused to the environment.

“We cut down trees wantonly without provision for replanting, laying bare the earth surface with the attendant challenges of erosion and desertification.

“We pollute the earth by producing and using plastic materials and strewing them randomly all over the place without thoughts for recycling these wastes as is obtainable in other climes.

“We even produce and use chemicals in the form of herbicides such as the popular roundup herbicide, which poisons plants, the earth’s surface and underground water and is a confirmed cause of cancer. We can go on land on!

We need to proactively take measures to redress this deteriorating environmental issues in the interest of our communities and mankind,” Yaroe said.

The tree planting was facilitated by the Iliya Yame kwache foundation. Over the years, the foundation has conducted tree planting exercises in Michika local government and this year in Demsa and Mayobelwa LGAs.