By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
The State Universal Basic Education Board in collaboration with the GO GREEN Project kick starts the project proper in three local government areas of the state.
They are Sokoto North,Tambuwal and Yabo local governments areas.
In Sokoto North, a team of technical officers of the GO GREEN Project led by the Project Manager Comrade Aliyu Abubakar Shehu establish garden in a private school, Brilliant Footsteps Academy, Buhari Model Primary School in Tambuwal and UBE Girls Day Secondary in Yabo.
It could be recalled that during the official flag-of and launching of the GO GREEN project on the 18th of this month,the Executive Chairman State Universal Basic Education Board Alhaji Altine Shehu kajiji said ten thousand tree seedlings would be provided for establishment of Orchards and Gardens in basic schools, road sides plantation and distribution of various variety of Economic,Environmental,Indigenous and Amenity tree seedlings to households for plantation in homes.
Alhaji Altine Shehu who is also the Executive Chairman Shehu Maikoli Foundation said the GO GREEN Project which is a partnership between Shehu Maikoli Foundation, Eco Africa Climate Change Foundation and the Nigeria Union of Journalists Sokoto State Council was designed to complement the state government afforestation effort.
