Gombe State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Austin Iwar, has warned officers residing in the barracks to protect the trees or be sent out.
The Commissioner gave the warning while speaking during the launch of a tree-planting campaign at the command barracks in Gombe.
According to him, each household in the barracks would be allocated trees for nursing and protection – 400 in all.
Mr. Iwar said that tree-planting is important to the human life, environment protection and erosion control, adding that protection of the tree has become very crucial “if we take a look at the massive environmental degradation resulting from indiscriminate cutting down of tree all over the country.”
Also speaking, State Commissioner of Environment, Hajiya Sa’adatu Mustapha urged communities to imbibe the spirit of planting and discouraging indiscriminate felling of trees.
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