By Our Reporter
The Commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Housing in Bauchi State, Danlami Ahmad Kawule has disclosed the state government preparedness to embark on a plant and raise of over 500,000 trees across the twenty local Government of the state.
He said the initiative is part of effort to mitigate and reduce menace of deforestation confronting some local government area in the state.
Kawule disclosed this while presenting the ministry scorecard to journalists at the ongoing ministerial press briefing holding in Bauchi the state capital.
While presenting some of his ministry’s ’s achievements, Kawule said that under the present administration of Governor Bala Muhammed, the State Government has signed an MoU with Family Homes Funds Limited (FHFL) for the construction of affordable housing units to alleviate housing deficit of workers and general public.
The Commissioner said that already work on the project has reached appreciable level with most of the housing projects reaching over 80 percent completion.
Kawule also said since inception of the current administration, it of Go has embarked on various measures aimed at improving the living standards, welfare and infrastructural development, notable of which was the reconstruction and upgrading of the State Government House.
“The idea of the Project was coined having noted that the previous administration Government House Building has outlived its usefulness as the most prestigious office in the State”.
“Apart from the operational inconveniences it poses to the Government, the building was a low-esteemed edifice because of passage of time, there was therefore the need for upgrading to serve as a befitting office accommodation for the State Chief Executive”, said Kawule.