Lagos State Government plans to plant 500,000 trees before the end of the raining season. Lagos planted over 7.6 million trees in the last nine years.
General Manager, State’s Parks and Gardens Agency , Mrs. Adetoun Popoola, disclosed this in a briefing to commemorate the 2020 Tree planting day themed : “ Trees for life”.
Mrs. Popoola said LASPARK in specific response to the Covid-19 pandemic will be dedicating this year planting of trees in “honour and celebration of the ‘Frontline Heroes’, who through sheer dedication, compassion and strength are risking their lives every day to flatten the curve of the pandemic and keep us safe.”
LASPARK boss said, trees will also be simultaneously planted in all 57 local councils and development areas, while the Lagos States Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Environmental Agencies of government and other friends of the environment will also be marking the day by planting trees in various locations across the state.
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