The Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike in Ebonyi State is to plant at least 100,000 trees between now and next year to tackle climate change and generate revenue for the institution in the near future.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sunday Elom, made the announcement in a statement released on Tuesday in Abakaliki.
“Efforts will be made to create reserve areas within the university land for aggressive planting of about 100,000 fast-growing timbers by 2022.
“It will serve as source of internally generated revenue through timber. These trees will yield billions of naira in 20 years.
“We have earlier launched Campus-Green Initiative of the university which has the goal of building a campus-in-a-garden, thus making the university one of the most beautiful and eco-friendly campuses in Nigeria,’’ he stated.
The vice chancellor explained that the green initiative, which started in 2016, had led to aggressive annual tree planting campaign, with more than 33, 000 ornamental and fruit trees already planted in the university.
“With some of the trees the campus is also becoming beautiful and environmental-friendly,’’ he said.
