Ya-Na Abubakari: Tree planting is a religious assignment
The Chief described tree planting as a religious assignment and a social responsibility which every individual must engage in
The Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom, Ya-Na Abukari has commended government for its initiative to plant 20 million trees this year.
Speaking on behalf of the Overlord of Dagbon, the chief of Karaga, Abdulai Natogmah declared an absolute support of the people of Dagbon and pledged to give it the necessary support as traditional authorities.
The chief described tree planting as a religious assignment and a social responsibility which every individual must engage in.
“Every religious person knows the reward he stands to gain from God due to the benefit it will give to all living things in the world. It is also a social responsibility because it is through our own activities which lead to the depletion of the forest we have in the country,” the Overlord added.
He said this on Friday, 10 June, 2022 when officials from the ministry joined him and his elders during the event of the Green Ghana Day at the forecourt of the Gbewaa Palace in Yendi.
The Karaga Chief however observed “the depletion of our forest reserves is largely caused by human activities such as inappropriate farming activities, charcoal and Bush burning, timber logging.”
He stressed that if the activities are not checked, it will continue to cause the depletion of Ghana’s forest reserves.
He also commended the ministry and government as a whole for their timely intervention to plant more trees since it will go a long way to address deforestation in the forest areas of the country.
On her part, the director of human resources, Suweiba Adam who led a delegation to represent the Ministry encouraged the people of Yendi to fully partake in the tree planting exercise which aims at restoring Ghana’s forest reserves and making Ghana green.
She appealed to them not to just plant but also nurture for the trees to enhance the purpose of planting 20 million trees a reality.
“We want to use this opportunity to appeal to all Ghanaians to get involved. It is not enough to just plant and leave it. You must plant and follow up and nurture it to grow,” she said.
She revealed that it is the hope of the ministry to exceed the target set to plant 20 million trees across the country but emphasised it can only be achieved when all Ghanaians participate in the exercise.
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