ABUJA, March 2 (MENA) - Nigeria's Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria in collaboration with UNICEF would plant 2,080 trees in three months to strengthen environmental sustainability and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change.

This was disclosed by Prof. Kabiru Bala, Vice-Chancellor of ABU, on the sidelines of a workshop on Tree Planting, Waste Recycling and Sustainable Practices for ABU students. The workshop was held in Nigeria's northern city of Zaria.

The workshop was organized by UNICEF in collaboration with ABU, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Sunday.

Bala, represented by Prof. Sahalu Junaid, said the partnership with UNICEF was hinged on tree planting and sustainable waste management under the Green Rising Initiative of UNICEF.

He said that ABU had a long tradition of tree planting and the university planted over five million trees across its campuses in five years.

“Under the recycling component of the partnership, UNICEF has supported the construction of 12 collection kiosks around the campus...buying waste for recycling purposes.

“UNICEF and ABU want these initiatives to be owned by young people,” he said. This will encourage entrepreneurship, according to him.

The ABU vice-chancellor said the 2,080 trees would be planted on five hectares of land. (MENA)

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