Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has launched a statewide tree-planting marketing campaign geared toward planting and nurturing 11 million timber by 2030 to fight desertification, restore degraded lands and strengthen local weather resilience.
The initiative, identified as the Katsina-One-Tree Initiative (KT1T), will start with a goal of two million timber in 2026 and canopy all 34 native authorities areas and 6,652 Climate Intervention Areas throughout the state.
Radda introduced the targets on Monday whereas flagging off the initiative at Ladanawa, Rimi Local Government Area, the place he referred to as on residents, public establishments and group leaders to take collective accountability for environmental safety.
He confused the programme’s success can be decided by the survival and maturity of planted timber relatively than the variety of seedlings distributed.
He mentioned: “Our target is clear: 11 million trees by 2030, beginning with two million trees in 2026. Our message is simple: One Person, One Tree, One Responsibility. A seedling distributed is an opportunity. A tree that survives is an achievement. We will not count ceremonies; we will count living trees.”
He described environmental safety as important to agricultural productiveness, meals safety and sustainable improvement, warning that desertification, local weather change and flooding posed critical threats to livelihoods and group stability.
Radda mentioned climate-related challenges worsen poverty by driving up meals costs, depleting family meals reserves, intensifying competitors for land and water, and forcing younger individuals to go away rural communities.
He famous that timber would assist defend farmlands from wind erosion, enhance soil fertility, present fruits and animal fodder, and create extra revenue alternatives for rural households.
To guarantee efficient implementation and accountability, the governor introduced the institution of a Central Steering Committee, three zonal monitoring committees overlaying Katsina, Daura and Funtua, as nicely as supervisory committees on the native authorities degree and implementation committees throughout wards.
He urged conventional rulers, spiritual leaders, farmers, pastoralists, ladies, youths and group leaders to take possession of the programme, insisting that sustained group participation would decide its long-term success.
He additionally directed 3,800 faculties, healthcare services, MDAs and native governments to take part actively within the marketing campaign.
Radda emphasised the necessity for clear implementation, correct registration and sound monetary administration, warning that committees can be anticipated to show measurable outcomes.
Earlier, the Director-General of the National Agency for the Great Green Wall, Alhaji Saleh Abubakar, who represented the Minister of Agriculture, Balarabe Hassan, reaffirmed the federal authorities’s dedication to combating desertification and restoring degraded lands.
He mentioned the initiative would deepen cooperation between the federal and Katsina State governments by means of technical help, institutional collaboration and spatial monitoring methods.
He defined that the monitoring framework would assist monitor progress, enhance environmental knowledge and help nationwide local weather information and carbon-finance initiatives.
He urged conventional rulers, group leaders, ladies and younger individuals to take possession of the programme, stressing that grassroots participation was vital to attaining lasting environmental and socioeconomic advantages.
