LASPARK Advocates Tree Planting, Distributes Free Seedlings at LASU

The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has distributed free tree seedlings to guests at the 25th Convocation Ceremony of the Lagos State University (LASU), at the Buba Marwa Auditorium, Ojo.

According to its General Manager, Adetoun Popoola, the exercise was in furtherance of the agency’s awareness and sensitisation drive aimed at stimulating and awakening the consciousness of residents to plant trees for the protection of the ecosystem.

Popoola said the organisation will continue to propagate the tree planting gospel to inhabitants of the state to encourage them to plant, saying it is the only natural defence mechanism to mitigate the effects of climate change.

“We are here at LASU to advocate for a sustainable greener environment. We are giving out free plants and educating the audience on how to plant a tree,” she added.

The general manager acknowledged that the sensitisation exercise afforded the agency the opportunity to interact and have one-on-one conversations with some of the visitors to know their disposition towards planting, stressing that feedback generated would help reinforce the organisation’s advocacy programmes.