Anambra Government Targets Women In Fight Against Environmental Degradation, To Plant 10 Million Trees In Three Years

By David Okpokwasili

Anambra State Government says it targets to partner women in communities to fight the mounting environmental degradation confronting the state and to plant ten million trees in three years.

Commissioner for Environment, Dr Clem Aguiyi revealed the plan when he led the management team of the Ministry of Environment on a courtesy call on the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, Awka, Mr Chris Molokwu.

Dr Aguiyi highlighted the critical role women play in societal development, saying that if every woman plants at least two trees in their compound or farmland every year, the state will be unprecedented in its drive to secure its environment and lands through aggressive afforestation initiatives.

The Environment Commissioner worries at the environment challenges facing the state including flooding, erosion, and waste management and harped on the importance on community initiatives in the fight against environmental degradation.

He congratulated Mr Molokwu on his reappointment as ABS chief executive and sought for avenues of partnerships between his ministry and the media outfit to sustain sensitizations on the protection of the environment.

For the ABS Boss, the establishment considers protecting the environment as a civic obligation and public emergency as such will partner the ministry in any effort that will drive the message against man-made environmental disasters.

He promised that ABS will come up with public service programmes that will increase enlightenments on how good to treat and preserve the environment.

The courtesy visit climaxed with presentation of appreciation plaque by Commissioner Aguiyi to the ABS MD, Mr Molokwu.