To stop deforestation and climate change, Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has made it illegal to cut down trees for charcoal fuel.
The ban was issued by Fintiri on Thursday while the state was hosting a delegation of traditional leaders led by Atiku Abubakar, the former vice president, who was speaking on behalf of Dr. Barkindo Mustapha, the Lamido of Adamawa and chairman of the Adamawa Council of Emirs and Chiefs.
At Yola Government House’s Presidential Lounge, the delegation honoured him for Sallah.
Fintiri thanked the traditional leaders for honouring him on the occasion and filed a lawsuit to get their support for his decision to outlaw burning trees for charcoal in the state.
The governor, who also met with state lawmakers led by Barthiya Wesley, Speaker of the Assembly, reiterated the state’s ban on tree cutting for charcoal fuel.
“I just passed a directive to our traditional institutions that moving forward, even though we have a law prohibiting the felling of trees, that law has not been fully implemented,” he said. I have since issued the order that no more trees may be cut down, especially for the purpose of burning them for charcoal.
Therefore, it is our responsibility as stakeholders to make sure it is fully implemented.
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The governor claimed that recent flooding had demonstrated the negative consequences of not paying enough attention to the causes of climatic change, such as the careless cutting down of trees for the production of charcoal as fuel.
Former Vice President Abubakar previously stated that Fintiri’s progress towards development was unparalleled in Adamawa state’s history. He assured the government of traditional institutions’ cooperation.
The next four years would be significantly better than the first tenure, according to Fintiri, who insisted that he was not taking his second-term victory for granted.
