SUPPORT GREENING THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (PAGE 42, JUNE 14, 2010)

THE District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kassena-Nankana West in the Upper East Region, Mr Thomas Addah Dalu, has called on assembly members in the district to support the assembly’s attempt at greening the environment.
Speaking at the first ordinary meeting of the third session of the assembly at Paga, Mr Dalu appealed to members of the house to continue practising good personal hygiene and maintain clean environment by weeding around their dwellings and undertaking massive tree planting exercises, especially during the rainy season.
He also advised that people in the district should build houses according to the planned layout of the various towns and villages in the district.
“A clean environment enhances good health and leads to increase in economic production. Protecting the environment should be the responsibility of all. There is the need for all our traditional leaders to work towards the protection of the environment so that the future generation can also benefit from it,” he said.
The DCE said the assembly would provide free seedlings to all communities for planting around houses, schools, dams and along water bodies, and called on the assembly members to actively participate in that exercise.
Mr Dalu said the National Afforestation Programme being spearheaded by ZOIL Services Limited was on course and the district through the Forestry Division was facilitating the acquisition of land for the project.
He announced that 300 youth would be engaged as planters by the communities to ensure the successful implementation of the programme.