Desertification: Ekiti Needs N1bn to Plant Trees Annually, Say Stakeholders

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Victor Ogunje Stakeholders in the forestry business in Ekiti State have agreed on a roadmap to rescue the state from desert encroachment. They said the sum of N1 billion would be required to achiev…

Stakeholders in the forestry business in Ekiti State have agreed on a roadmap to rescue the state from desert encroachment.

The stakeholders disclosed this in Ado Ekiti yesterday at a workshop organised by a non-governmental organisation, New Initiative for Social Development , in partnership with the Ekiti State Forestry Commission. According to him, “Actually, Ekiti State is seriously endangered by this indiscriminate deforestation. To ensure that we get to that level we want, our target is 4,000 to 5,000 hectares of lands for the planting of four million seedlings annually for the next 15 years.

 

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