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The designated minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, promised to plant an amount of 100 million trees a year.
According to him, the measure forms his approach and strategy to increase the forest cover of the country affected by a series of illegal activities in the country in recent years.
The nominee emphasized the need for the country to implement an aggressive afforestation scheme to recover the country’s depleted forest reserve.
Abu Jinapor said that if he receives the go-ahead from the Parliament’s Appointments Committee, he will use the World Environment Day (WED) which is celebrated on June 5 every year to launch the initiative in line with the main vehicle of the Nations. United to promote awareness and action for the protection of the environment.
“I hope to have the opportunity and if I have the opportunity, the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources should be able to present a program, where once a year and preferably on June 5, which is World Environment Day, the President of our republic [Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo] will lead a tree planting exercise, the president will plant a tree.
Hopefully the Asantehene, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will plant a tree, hopefully His Majesty Ya Na Abukari II, the Overlord of Dagbon, will plant a tree and Mr. President himself will also plant a tree in the Parliament and approximately 5 million Ghanaians will plant a tree ”Samuel Abu Jinapor described his ambitions during the investigation.
Abu Jinapor, however, stated that the approval of the idea is subject to the approval of the Cabinet and later of the Parliament.
When asked by the minority leader Haruna Iddrisu how many trees he intends to plant in one day, Abu Jinapor said: “I think we should be able to plant 100 million a year, but let me make a caveat that these are my ideas. This is my reflection, they are subject to cabinet approval and in some cases will be subject to parliamentary approval so I can think of it as a brilliant idea. I can go to the cabinet and it can be knocked down so that the back I do not stop but I think it is a noble idea, I think it will help ”.
He added that the aggressive afforestation scheme under his supervision will see the planting of inexpensive trees such as shea, rosewood, timber, wawa among others.
The inspiration, according to the designated minister of Lands and Natural Resources, was drawn from an initiative of the Ethiopian president’s vision to plant millions of trees in Africa’s second most populous nation due to the negative impact of climate change, especially in relation to droughts in Africa. parts of the country.
