Jigawa Government said on Thursday that it had planted 15 million trees as parts of measures aimed atcontrolling desertification and climate change.
The state Director of Forestry, Malam Idris Umar, disclosed this to newsmen at the ongoing 9th National Council on Environment meeting in Makurdi.
Umar said the trees were planted as a proactive measure against the growing effects of climate change and desertification.
The director added that the trees were planted along the shelter belt areas of the state.
``The government has planted 15 million trees covering 164 kms of the shelter belt from the eastern end of the state to the western end.
``Our major environmental challenge in the state has been that of desertification and typha grass, which blocks the free flow of water, thereby resulting to overflow during the rainy season.''
He said that the state government had also awarded contract for the removal of the grasses from River Hadejia-Jama'are, to allow free flow of water into the downstream for irrigation purposes.
Umar said that the state was ``badly’’ affected in the 2012 flood that swept through many states in the country.
The director further said that the government had to relocate the people of Yakasawa in Ringim local government area during the disaster.
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