{"id":123862,"date":"2021-12-22T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=123862"},"modified":"2021-12-22T07:45:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T06:45:55","slug":"lagos-plants-8m-trees-in-13-years-sanwo-olu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/22\/lagos-plants-8m-trees-in-13-years-sanwo-olu\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos plants 8m trees in 13 years \u2013 Sanwo-Olu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday that the state government had planted over eight million trees across the state since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>He made this known in Ikoyi, during the kick-off of the 1,000 Tree Planting Project in Lagos, tagged: \u201cThe Evergreen Project Lagos\u201d, an initiative of Miss Naita Gupta of the African Steel Evergreen Project.<\/p>\n<p>He said that 60,000 trees had been planted at different locations in the state during his tenure.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the government was committed, through the Lagos State Parks and Gardens (LASPARK), to reducing its carbon footprint, in order to preserve the environment for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/15\/we-will-ensure-tenants-pay-monthly-from-2022-lagos-gov-sanwo-olu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">governor<\/a>, therefore, urged residents to join hands with the government\u2019s efforts at preserving the environment, by planting trees.<\/p>\n<p>He hailed the Gupta family for the tree planting initiative and urged other residents to join the effort, for more trees to be planted in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Sanwo-Olu, who planted a tree during the event, enjoined residents to use the event as a change in mindset and ideas to preserve the environment for children to have a greater future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to ask everyone to push and encourage laudable initiatives like this so that we can preserve our Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can preserve a place where we all call home and we can ensure that the future that is in the hands of teenagers, who are here today is secured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should plant more trees to save the environment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Gupta had said that her geography class contributed to her interest in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the tree planting initiative began on December 17, with the aim of planting 1,000 trees across Lagos before the end of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said yesterday that the state government had planted over eight million trees across the state since 2008. 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