Nigeria: Obaseki Inaugurates 10-Year Forest Restoration Plan in Edo

“Until the 1970s, we had no crude oil, things like timber accounted for and helped us in foreign exchange.”

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Wednesday inaugurated the Edo State Forestry Commission with a 10-year Forest Restoration and Plantation plan to tackle deforestation, forest degradation and develop the forest assets.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held at the Okomu National Park in Udo, Ovia South West local government area of the state, Mr Obaseki decried the loss and…