Environment: Fintiri Launches Campaign for Plant Four Million Trees in Four Years
Billy Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has launched the Adamawa Green Project (GAP) with the aim of planting four million trees in four years. Fintiri said his government is ready to support and implement efforts towards ending desertification and reversing the consistent desert encroachment in the state. Fintiri made the remarks Monday, at an event marking the 2019 World Desertification Day at government house in Yola, Adamawa state. Speaking at the ocassion tge Adamawa state Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri called for a concerted effort towards helping the state succeed in combating the encroaching desertification in Adamawa. The governor said, the state government in conjunction with the Great Green Wall Programme, a Pan African Organization, had launched in 2015, a project aimed at cushioning the effects of desertification in seven local government areas of the state. He maintained that his administration is keen to support all environmental programmes especially a...