Let a million trees bloom: Minister

OSHAKATI – Agriculture, Water and Forestry Minister Nickey Iyambo has reiterated his appeal to Namibians to plant at least 1,5 million trees every year.

Iyambo repeated the appeal when addressing participants at a tree-planting programme at Oshakati on Thursday. Iyambo also called on the mayors of towns to encourage their residents to get involved in the planting of trees if Namibia is to become “green” by the year 2030.The Minister said schools, churches, the Defence Force and town councils were the ideal structures to spearhead a successful, nationwide tree-planting campaign.He said he was disappointed at the low number of people who turned up for the meeting, which was held to assess progress made in the campaign so far.- NampaIyambo also called on the mayors of towns to encourage their residents to get involved in the planting of trees if Namibia is to become “green” by the year 2030.The Minister said schools, churches, the Defence Force and town councils were the ideal structures to spearhead a successful, nationwide tree-planting campaign.He said he was disappointed at the low number of people who turned up for the meeting, which was held to assess progress made in the campaign so far.- Nampa