Lagos plants 8m trees in 13 years to preserve environment – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that the state government had planted over eight million trees across the state since 2008.

Sanwo-Olu made this known in Ikoyi, during the kick-off of the 1,000 Tree Planting Project in Lagos, tagged: ”The Evergreen Project Lagos”, an initiative of Miss Naita Gupta of the African Steel Evergreen Project.

He said that 60,000 trees had been planted at different locations in the state during his tenure.

According to him, the Lagos State government was committed, through the Lagos State Parks and Gardens (LASPARK), to reducing its carbon footprint, in order to preserve the environment for future generations.

The governor, therefore, urged residents to join hands with the government’s efforts at preserving the environment, by planting trees.

He commended the Gupta family for the tree planting initiative and urged other residents to join the effort, for more trees to be planted in Lagos state.

Sanwo-Olu, who planted a tree during the event, urged residents to use the event as a change in mindset and ideas to preserve the environment for children to have a greater future.

”I want to ask everyone to push and encourage laudable initiatives like this so that we can preserve our Lagos.

”We can preserve a place where we all call home and we can ensure that the future that is in the hands of teenagers, who are here today is secured.

”We should plant more trees to save the environment,” he said.

Speaking earlier, Miss Naita Gupta said that her geography class contributed to her interest in Lagos.

Gupta said that the tree planting initiative commenced on Friday, Dec. 17, with the aim of planting 1,000 trees across Lagos before the end of the year.

She said that she was passionate about achieving a greener and cleaner Lagos, hence, she urged residents to cultivate the habit of planting more trees in the state.