The Officers and Soldiers of the Nigerian Army Garrison Headquarters on Saturday have embarked on tree planting exercise within Mogadishu Cantonment and barracks within his own AOR Abuja in commemoration with Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) 2O22.
The Commander Army Headquarters Garrison Major General KN GARBA who led the exercise said, the aim of this exercise is to create awareness by supporting units under command and the barracks community to take a stand against deforestation and actively participate in greening of our environment.
He said, it is also in line with the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya position on tree planting as he demonstrating by planting a tree in all the building projects he commissioned in recent times.
"It is also worthy to note that the exercise is in line with tree planting campaign of the Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria President Mohammadu Buhari where he pledged to plant 25 million trees in Nigeria to enhance the countries carbon sink as part of the countries efforts to implement the Paris Climate change agreement,"he noted.
The exercise covered Mogadishu Cantonment, Yar'aduwa Barracks and CBA extension.
