KANO GOVT ISSUES QUIT NOTICES TO OCCUPANTS OF PUBLIC PARKS
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Businesses occupying all of the state’s public parks and gardens have received notices to vacate from the Kano State Government.
By reclaiming these areas for public use, the action hopes to promote rest and ecological harmony.
The significance of this endeavor was emphasized by State Commissioner for Environment Nasir Garo during a news conference on Wednesday in honor of World Environment Day.
“We have already served most of the occupants quit notice except those that petrol filling stations have been built on,” Garo stated.
The commissioner highlighted the government’s commitment, to improving air quality and enhancing the ecosystem.
“We are trying to improve on the quality of air in our environment as well as improving the ecosystem, hence the need to ensure the recovery of these entities,” he added.
In addition to reclaiming public parks, the Kano State Government has also embarked on an ambitious tree-planting campaign.
“KNSG is planning to plant more than 3,000,000 seedlings in collaboration with relevant stakeholders like ACReSAL, NGOs, individuals, and the organized private sector,” Garo said.
This program is a component of the six-year Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL) project, which is a partnership between the Federal Government and the World Bank. It attempts to address the pressing issues of managing the landscape and preventing desertification across Nigeria’s 19 northern states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Considering the World Environment Day subject of “Land Restoration, Stopping Desertification, and Building Drought Resilience” this year, Garo praised the state’s initiatives to restore 10,000 hectares of degraded land to farming.
“The state government, in collaboration with the ACReSAL Project and the Food and Agriculture Organisation, is working towards recovering about 10,000 degraded land in Kano,” he said.
The commissioner also outlined a number of the administration’s accomplishments in environmental management. Among these are the creation of a cutting-edge soil and water laboratory at Yusuf Maitama Sule University, the clearing of drainage to stop flooding, and continuous erosion management initiatives.
Garo also commended the collaboration between the National Great Green Wall initiative, which focuses on community tree nurseries and plants, and the Kano State Government.
“Funds and lands are put together for the establishment of community tree nurseries and plantations in the state,” he noted.
Garo reaffirmed the administration’s dedication to environmental sustainability, and improving the welfare of Kano State residents.
“The welfare of ministry personnel and the enhancement of working conditions are also priorities, with repairs and renovations being carried out at the ministry headquarters,” he said.
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