Adamawa state Deputy Governor, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta has called for a united action to support government’s bid to address the crisis arising from climate change in the state.
Speaking when she received Kannywood celebrities who were in the state on Tree Planting Sustainability Advocacy in her office on Friday, Farauta lamented cutting down forests and indiscriminate dumping of refuse as factors increasingly influencing the climate and the earth’s temperature.
She explained that the visit of the Kannywood young stars as timely to avail them opportunity to tell the world progress recorded in 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 assure 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.
Earlier, the national President Network of Advocates for the Protection and Sustenance of Green Environment,
Mansur Isa comemded government policies and programs towards improving environmental sustainability in the state.
Isa noted that a dirty environment is also a prominent reason for malaria transmission, especially when people litter their environment with empty plastic bottles.
According to her, Kannywood is ever poised to support raising advocacy for people to keep their environment clean.
On entourage of the visiting celebrities include Mansura Isa, Hadiza Mohammed Sani, Ladidi Abdullahi, Salma Iliyasu and Babale Hayatu.
By Hussaini Hammangabdo Yola
