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| Niger Governor Abubakar Sani Bello |
The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Aliyu Tangwagi, made this known in Minna on Wednesday in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said that the state government had spent N24 million for the payment of allowances to members of the green guards.
Tangwagi said that the green guards had been trained on effective patrol of the forests in the state.
The commissioner solicited for the support of traditional rulers so as to curb indiscriminate cutting down of trees in the state.
He said that members of the green guards would continue to work with royal fathers to ensure maximum protection for the state`s forests.
He also called on the mass media to do more in sensitising residents on the dangers involved in cutting down of economic trees.
He said such enlightenment would go a long way in educating members of the general public to desist fromarbitrary cutting down of trees.
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