Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has launched a statewide tree-planting marketing campaign aimed toward planting and nurturing 11 million bushes by 2030 to fight desertification, restore degraded lands and strengthen local weather resilience.
The initiative, recognized as the Katsina-One-Tree Initiative (KT1T), will start with a goal of two million bushes 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 known as on residents, public establishments and neighborhood leaders to take collective accountability for environmental safety.
He burdened the programme’s success can be decided by the survival and maturity of planted bushes reasonably than the variety of seedlings distributed.
He stated: “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 severe threats to livelihoods and neighborhood stability.
Radda stated 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 bushes would assist defend farmlands from wind erosion, enhance soil fertility, present fruits and animal fodder, and create extra earnings 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 properly as supervisory committees on the native authorities stage and implementation committees throughout wards.
He urged conventional rulers, non secular leaders, farmers, pastoralists, girls, youths and neighborhood leaders to take possession of the programme, insisting that sustained neighborhood participation would decide its long-term success.
He additionally directed 3,800 faculties, healthcare amenities, 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 display 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 stated the initiative would deepen cooperation between the federal and Katsina State governments by way of technical help, institutional collaboration and spatial monitoring methods.
He defined that the monitoring framework would assist observe progress, enhance environmental information and help nationwide local weather data and carbon-finance initiatives.
He urged conventional rulers, neighborhood leaders, girls and younger individuals to take possession of the programme, stressing that grassroots participation was important to attaining lasting environmental and socioeconomic advantages.
