Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta has called for united action to support government’s bid to address the crisis arising from climate change in the state.
Farauta stated this when she received Kannywood celebrities who were in the state on Tree Planting Sustainability Advocacy in her office on Friday.
The deputy governor lamented the act of cutting down forests and indiscriminate dumping of refuse as factors increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature which needed to be addressed.
She explained that the visit of the Kannywood young stars was timely to avail them the opportunity to tell the world the progress already recorded in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) improvement as well as development in the state to the wider world.
“The Kannywood celebrities are making us proud in the entertainment industry. They are in the state to give us support during monthly sanitation.
“We assured them that all the trees planted by government through Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) is taken care of, as they are into tree planting advocacy,” Prof. Farauta said.
Earlier, the National President, Network of Advocates for the Protection and Sustenance of Green Environment,
Mansur Isa commended government’s policies and programmes towards improving environmental sustainability in the state.
Isa noted that dirty environment is a strong reason for malaria transmission, especially when people litter their environment with empty plastic bottles.
“We need to keep our environment clean at all the times to guarantee our good health,” he stated.
According to him, Kannywood is always ready and poised to support raising advocacy for people to keep their environment clean.
Notably on entourage of the Kannywood delegation include Mansura Isa, Hadiza Mohammed Sani, ladidi Abdullahi, Salma Iliyasu and Babale Hayatu.
