ACRESAL, ADSG take climate change campaign to Adamawa monarchs, others

Barely two weeks after Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri launched a mass tree planting campaign in Adamawa to check the effects of climatic change, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi Arid Landscape (ACRESAL) project, in conjunction with the state government has taken its climatic change sensitisation campaign to stakeholders at the grassroots.

The sensitisation programme, which took place, Monday in Yola, brought together traditional rulers, religious and community leaders as well as other stakeholders on a two-day interactive engagement to brainstorm on the effects of climatic change and how best to protect the environment as well as the trees planted.

Speaking at the event, Governor Umaru Fintiri, represented by the Commissioner for Environment, Mohammed Sadiq, said the decision to bring the stakeholders together was aimed at sensitising them on the effects of climatic change, to ensure that they take ownership of the trees planted by nurturing and making sure the programme becomes beneficial to the environment and the society.

Earlier speaking, Adamawa state coordinator of ACRESAL, Dr Ibrahim Chida, said the World Bank and the federal government had seen the need to address the effects of climatic change in Nigeria, which gave birth to the ACRESAL project in the state, geared towards mitigating the effects of climatic change.

Also speaking, the Chairman House Committee on Environment, represented by his deputy and member representing Toungo state constituency in the state assembly, Hon Kelvin Peter, said the lawmakers would not only strengthen forestry laws in the state but would ensure that those caught violating the laws are brought to book.