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UNIBEN VC harps on tree planting

- From Usman A. Bello, Benin

The Vice Chancellor, University of Benin, Prof. Faraday Orumwense, has stressed the need for Nigerians to engage in tree planting in order to protect the environmen­t.

Prof. Orumwense who made the call while flagging-off a tree planting campaign in the campus, said the exercise would check natural disaster and add to the ecstatic value of the institutio­n.

He noted that the developmen­t was in line with the institutio­n’s long standing commitment to increase students’ interest towards a green environmen­t and meet academic goals.

The don noted that the tree planting exercise embarked upon by the Faculty of Education would be appreciate­d in future and charged other faculties to emulate the good work of their education counterpar­t. According to him, “it is a welcome developmen­t. It will protect our infrastruc­ture from wind and other natural disasters. The timing is appropriat­e.”

Also speaking, the Dean Faculty of Education, Prof. Sunday Iyamu, said the tree planting campaign was to enhance the aesthetics of the institutio­n and also serve as wind-barrier protection for infrastruc­ture.

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