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NGO Set To Plant 100,000 Trees In Kano Schools In 2022
By Umm Hameeda
Kano
A Kano based non-governmental organisation, Panacea Foundation, has said that it will plant 100,000 trees in Kano schools and communities in 2022.
The Founder of the organisation, Mr Dahir Hashim, stated this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Kano.
The project, he said, aimed at planting seedlings in selected strategic locations to curb out the menace of heat zones in Kano.
“We will place emphasis to planting in schools so that students will get the opportunity to acquaint themselves with tree planting and maintenance exercise.”
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He said that the aim of the organisation’s tree planting project, is to influence massive re-greening of Kano city.
He said, “In 2021, we have planted more than 10,000 trees across various schools and communities within Kano city and some local governments.”
“During this period, we have organized sensitization campaigns to raise environmental awareness amongst school children, communities and public offices.”
He added that the organisation had also trained community based organizations on taking care of the trees, and how to source for local manure for the trees.
The organisation he explained, has volunteers who serve as focal persons in each of the local governments across the state.
“We are doing all these to ensure that the trees we planted are well taken care of and that they all grow to benefit the communities.”
Mr Hashim however, stressed the importance of the project, saying that it will improve the over all ecosystem in Kano.
He then appealed for public support in ensuring a greener Kano, in order to safeguard the city against climate change.
“Kano is vulnerable to climate change, progressive decline of biodiversity and ecosystem services, disappearing open and green space, as well as collapse of the institutions that upheld these services in the first place.”
The city he said, has featured in the old maps of Africa, during pre-colonial and colonial times and European explorers were fascinated by the existing high level resilience that the dryland city exhibited through its unique garden city features, wetlands, and agricultural lands, green and open space.
Hashim further maintained that the situation has changed as a result of change in urban land governance and burgeoning population expansion.
The project according to him, aim at achieving food security through planting of edible tree species, for food and medicinal benefits.
He thus appealed for support from other bodies and the government in massive tree planting to rescue the ecosystem in the state.
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Stampede at Catholic Church in Maitama Claims Ten Lives During Food Distribution
Ten people have been confirmed dead in a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Maitama, on Saturday, 21st December 2024, during the distribution of food items to vulnerable and elderly individuals.
The unfortunate incident, which occurred around 6:30 am, resulted in the loss of ten lives, including four children, and left eight others injured with varying degrees of severity. Four of the injured have been treated and discharged, while the remaining victims are still receiving medical attention.
The FCT Police Command, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the tragedy, extended condolences to the families of the deceased, and wished the injured a swift recovery.
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Port-Harcourt Refinery Fully Operational- Says NNPC
The attention of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has been drawn to reports in a section of the media alleging that the Old Port Harcourt Refinery which was re-streamed two months ago has been shut down.
We wish to clarify that such reports are totally false as the refinery is fully operational as verified a few days ago by former Group Managing Directors of NNPC.
Preparation for the day’s loading operation is currently ongoing.
Members of the public are advised to discountenance such reports as they are the figments of the imagination of those who want to create artificial scarcity and rip-off Nigerians.
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Port Harcourt Refinery Halts Production Less Than a Month After Resumption
Less than a month after the porthacourt appeared to have resumed production, the facility has stopped working.
It was gathered that the lifting of petrol actually stopped last Friday, December 13, as the 18-arm loading bay of the new Port Harcourt refinery was empty.
While about 18 trucks littered the stretch of the busy road leading to the refinery itself, nine trucks were spotted inside the parking yard, while the loading bay was empty.
Journalists who visited the refinery on Thursday, December 19, 2024, observed that the lifting of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) had stopped completely.
The depot, which is usually a beehive of activities where tankers scramble for space at the parking yard, was a shadow of itself with literally no vehicular or human activity relating to operations.
This was after $1.5bn was approved in March 2021 and spent on the rehabilitation of the facility.
The inauguration of the 60,000 barrel per day production capacity plant by the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, was met with celebration and fanfare.
During the re-opening of the facility, there was lifting of petrol to the excitement of the cheering crowd.
However, less than 10 trucks of petrol were lifted that day as against widespread claims that about 200 trucks carried petrol out of the bay.
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