The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology led by their Vice Chancellor, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson joined in the Green Ghana Project which is an ambitious exercise the Government has put in place to plant five million trees as part of efforts to preserve the environment.
The exercise took place at the on the Green Ghana day, Friday June 11, 2021.
The initiative is being championed by the Forestry Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources.
The Green Ghana day is in conformity to the vision of the Ghana National climate policy whose sole purpose is to ensure a climate resistant and climate compatible economy while achieving sustainable development through equitable low carbon economic growth for Ghana.
Through media publications and public broadcasts, the public has been urged to fully partake in the initiative by getting free seeds supplied by the government through local Forestry Commission district offices or district assemblies for planting.
Parliament has suspended sitting for today, Friday, June 11, 2021, which has been declared as ‘Green Ghana Day.
