The Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB), under the leadership of its Executive Chairman, Professor Nasir Garba Anka, Makaman Sokoto South, Modibbo Gamji, has launched the Greening Schools and Climate Change Education Initiative (GSCCEI) in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State.
A statement signed by Ibrahim Musa Maizare, Public Relations Officer (PRO) Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board (ZSUBEB) said the programme is designed to promote environmental awareness, encourage tree planting and strengthen climate change education in schools and communities across the state.
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The Executive Chairman, who was represented at the event by the Director of Academic Services, Alhaji Garba Abdullahi, highlighted the importance of the initiative in creating a conducive learning environment and promoting environmental sustainability in schools and communities. He explained that tree planting would help improve the school environment, protect nature and educate pupils and community members on the need to preserve the environment.
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He further announced that the tree-planting campaign would be extended to all 14 local government areas of Zamfara State, with five selected schools in each local government area expected to benefit. Each beneficiary school would receive ten varieties of tree seedlings. He therefore urged the benefiting schools and communities to take proper care of the seedlings to ensure their survival and long-term benefits.
In their separate remarks, the representative of the Emir of Maradun, Alhaji Garba Muhammad Tambari, and the Sarkin Gabas, Alhaji Muhammad Sani, commended ZSUBEB for introducing the initiative, describing it as a timely intervention that would contribute to environmental protection and improve the quality of the learning environment.
They also urged the beneficiary schools and communities to demonstrate a strong sense of responsibility by planting, nurturing and protecting the seedlings to ensure that the programme achieves its intended objectives.
The initiative reflects ZSUBEB’s commitment to promoting quality basic education through environmental awareness, climate change education and the creation of safe, healthy and conducive learning environments in line with the education development agenda of the Zamfara State Government.
