Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has said that changing the negative report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), few years ago that Onitsha is the most polluted in the world, is the major reason why he is developing the commercial city of the State. Soludo disclosed this while speaking to Journalists shortly after flagging off the Tree Planting Campaign at Port Heart Court Road Fegge Onitsha, on Saturday. The governor, who spoke through the State Commissioner for Environment, Engr.
Felix Odimegwu, said keeping Onitsha and Anambra at large clean, green and beautiful tops his vision of making the state livable and prosperous in Nigeria. The Commissioner assured that the ugly impression will be a reverse case before the end of the eight years Soludo led APGA Government in the state. “We have to embrace the earth, not minding that we sometimes have natural disasters but with proper planning and programmes like the Anambra Tree Planting Day, slated for every June 10th, we can always be ready for any form of disaster, be it natural or man-made.
” He added that tree planting is essential as a means of combating climate change challenges such as desertification, drought, and erosion amongst others. According to him, Ndi-Anambra must commend the state government’s achievement in the Greening and Restoration of Indigenous Trees project to curb climate change challenges. ALSO READ: Gov Adeleke extols elder sister on her birthday “As a result of the WHO report, the gover.
