By Bisola Adeyemo
About 100 species of trees, would be planted by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Anambra within the premises of its Mbaukwu/Umuawulu, Permanent Orientation Camp, to curb erosion in the vicinity.
The Coordinator in the state, Mr Kehinde Aremu, said on Monday, in Awka that the menace of erosion was threatening the major structures in the camp, Environews reports.
Aremu said, in a statement, that the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim directed that the trees should be immediately planted to save the environment.
His words, “We have embarked on a tree-planting campaign within the camp environment, this is against the backdrop of environmental degradation, occasioned by uncompleted landscaping of the camp.
“Presently, the Orientation Camp, which has been commissioned by His Excellency, Dr Willie Obiano, is being ravaged by erosion with major structures in danger of collapsing,” he said.
He appealed to the governor to complete the landscaping aspect of the project to save the camp.
