CROSS River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has said his administration is committed to planting five million trees to support afforestation and climate change.
Ayade said this when he flagged off the Green Carnival, the first of its kind in Africa, which held in Calabar, the Cross River capital.
According to the governor, “Calabar is going to go green, introducing urban afforestation which is a classical departure from what we know,” adding that, “that is why we have the first green police in Africa.”
Ayade, who reasoned that Cross River should lead and take full control of Africa affairs, explained that as a business dimension to the innovation, the World Bank had set aside $100 billion to support Africa for afforestation and climate change, even as the United Nations had also set aside $100 billion annually to support climate change in Third World countries.
“Time has come for Cross River to understand that climate change is also business. We will create green millionaires, young men like you and I will come together and become rich men by planting, managing and taking full value for the trees,” the governor emphasised.
He averred that Africans do not believe that it is right to advocate for extreme decarbonisation, hence the need to have a delicate and calculative balance between utilisation and regeneration.
Ayade lauded Transport Minister and former Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi and affirmed that his administration, through the Green Carnival will also create a foray of greenery that has a camouflage of beauty and elegance. He pointed out that “as we embark on our superhighway, we are encouraged to plant trees so that as we drive through a canopy of trees, it will be like driving from Singapore Airport into the city centre.
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