Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Photo: X | Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday urged residents to actively plant and nurture trees as part of efforts to build a greener and more climate-resilient state, saying the government aims to plant at least 20,000 trees this year.
The governor also disclosed that 13,401 trees, representing 67 per cent of the annual target, had already been planted across the five divisions of the state as of June 30, while a new planting season would continue throughout the rainy season until October.
This was contained in a statement made available to PUNCH Online by the spokesperson for the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Adekunle Adeshina, on Tuesday.
Speaking at the 2026 Tree Planting Day celebration held at Eko Amore Gardens, Freedom Way, Lekki, Sanwo-Olu said tree planting remained one of the state’s key nature-based strategies for addressing climate change and environmental degradation.
