Borno govt must begin tree planting to sustain after donor funding economy 

Borno govt must begin tree planting to sustain after donor funding economy 

By: Omirin Joshua

The Chief Executive Officer, Green Sahara Farms Limited, Suleiman Mohamed Dikwa has urged the Borno State government to commence investing heavily in the planting of economy trees as part of post-insurgency plans resulting from deforestation by displaced persons due to the conflict.

Suleiman stated while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri at the weekend that this strategy would help to mitigate and sustain development strides after donor funding might have eased.

“Borno state government need to start now because God has blessed Borno with one of the largest landmasses in the country. There are massive opportunities in tree planning across the world. 

“Land is an asset and tree painting is an asset as well, we need to look beyond donor funding economy because it will not last forever. There is a future in tree planting especially economy trees so we will have one the strongest economy in the country after insurgency if this is taken seriously because there is massive business across the continent. We must be strategic in thinking,” he said.

He stressed that climate change could be worst than insurgency because 90 per cent of trees around the lake chad basin region has been felling by displaced persons as a mean of livelihood.

“There is where you see the effect of climate change more than here, what is the impact of climate change? Our major is here deforestation by displaced persons because they have lost everything to this crisis. 

“Cutting of trees is the mean source of energy here in Borno state to IDPs so that is why you desert encroachment, Lake Chad is receding by 90 per cent, and that’s we are losing our riverbanks,” Suleiman advised.

Borno govt must begin tree planting to sustain after donor funding economy