Olam Grains Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the weekend planted 11,000 mangoes and cassias seedlings at the cost of GH¢60,000.00 across the Northern Region to curb environmental degradation.
The exercise, which was part of the world environmental day celebration, was to raise awareness and educate communities, schools and individuals about the need to protect the environment and its endowed resources.
The General Manager of Sales at Olam Grains Ghana Limited, Bishesh Ranjan Jha, urged Ghanaians to protect the natural resource to enhance both the environment and human life.
According to him, the protection of the environment should be of concern to every human being since the environment was one of the contributors to human welfare in the society.
The Northern Regional Director of the EPA, Abu Iddrisu for his part, called on other NGOs to support the government through advocacy, education and activism to address environmental issues in the country.
He advised the beneficiary of the three seedlings to take good care of the seedlings to grow and prevent air pollution in the system.
Head of Department of Ecotourism and Environmental Management at the UDS, Dr. Dzigbodi Adzo Doke, gave the assurance that the beneficiaries would make good use of the seedlings to enhance the protection of the environment.
The schools that benefited from the tree seedlings included; the UDS, Tamale College of education, Tamale Senior High School and the Nahdah Islamic Junior High School.
