By EricJames Ochigbo
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW), says it has produced 45 million assorted tree seedlings for its afforestation programme across the country.
Dr Yusuf Bukar, the Director-General, NAGGW, said this at an interaction with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Ecological Fund in Abuja on Tuesday.
Bukar said that the agency had already distributed 10.8 million of the seedlings to farmers for planting as trees on farms to promote agroforestry.
He said that the agency had also rehabilitated 14,118 degraded landscape in different parts of the country.
“About 4,455 units of solar home lightening systems have been procured and distributed across the country, ” he said.
Bukar said that 3,102 units of solar street lights had also been procured and installed in rural markets, as well as boreholes and plant nursery sites.
He said the agency had also procured and distributed 6,300 units of super saver wooden stoves to families and…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
