Business Jonathan Launches N100bn Great Green Wall Project

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Nigeria- President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday launched the implementation of the Nigerian component of the Great Green Wall (GGW) Initiative at Bachaka in Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi.

GGW is a regional aforestation programme designed to create a greenbelt of trees across Africa at the southern edge of the Sahara desert to prevent desertification.

It was developed by the African Union to address the detrimental social, economic and environmental impacts of land degradation and desertification on communities bordering the Sahel and Sahara deserts.

In Nigeria, the project comprises a greenbelt of 15 km wide;1,500 km long stretching across 11 states from Kebbi in the North-West to Borno in the North-East.

The 11 states covered by the Nigerian component also known as the frontline states, include Kebbi, Zamfara, Gombe, Yobe, Jigawa, Adamawa, Bauchi, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto and Kano.

Jonathan on the occasion, described the GGW project as a major investment and one of the greatest projects of the Federal Government in terms of environmental protection and wealth creation.

He said that the project would cost government between N85 billion and N100 billion, including the planting of trees and establishment of industries that would process their fruits.

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