Ogun State Government would continue to deploy necessary resources towards promoting green infrastructure due to its’ ecological benefit to humanity.
The state Commissioner for Forestry, Engineer Taiwo Oludotun made this known at the flag-off of first phase of green infrastructure along Abiola way, Abeokuta.
The Flag-off ceremony was carried out in conjunction with An-Nur Consulting limited. Engineer Oludotun represented by the Director of Forestry, Survey, Demarcation Inventory and Extension, Mr. Wale Sonubi, noted that, release of carbon dioxides is germane for the growth of trees, aside from beautifying the environment, it also ameliorates incidences of erosion, windstorm, earthquake and other natural disasters.
‘’ When you plant trees, you are saving yourself from natural disasters which ordinarily could have occurred and have adverse effects on you and the environment such as: windstorm, erosion, earthquake and other natural calamity’’, he said.
The commissioner pointed out that, the state government placed high premium on tree planting on every available space in the urban and rural, commending the Governor for providing necessary support to the agency which served as veritable catalysts for the Ministry to achieve its set goals for planting more than five million trees in the last five years.
In his remark, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer AN-NUR Consulting Limited, Mr. Nurudeen Adekunle said his company decided to partner with the state government in tree planting due to the state’s giant strides in the past.
He promised that the exercise would be replicated across the major cities in the three Senatorial Districts of the state.
