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World Ranger Day: Kaduna State Govt. pledges support for rangers, tree planting
The Kaduna State Government has pledged support for rangers and tree planting in the state.
The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Malam Abubakar Buba, made the pledge at the commemoration of the 2023 World Ranger Day.
The day is celebrated worldwide on July 31st to commemorate rangers killed or injured in the line of duty and to celebrate their work in protecting the planet’s natural treasures and cultural heritage.
During a tree planting campaign on Tuesday in Kaduna, the commissioner said rangers contributed in ensuring a safe environment.
He, therefore, said marking the world ranger day was to appreciate the sacrifices the rangers made in the course of their mandate of protecting wild life and ensuring safe environment.
Buba also said that the ministry would visit and support families of rangers in the state who died or got injured in the course of their duties.
The commissioner lamented the climate issues, describing them as global issues which could be addressed through tree planting.
Buba therefore said the tree planting was symbolic, noting that the rangers and others would equally replicate it in the local government areas.
“We want to achieve our target of a cleaner and green Kaduna by 2030,” he said.
Also, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Alhaji Abba Umar, said saving the environment was equal to saving mankind.
He therefore urged the people of the state to desist from indiscriminate felling of trees and hunting wild life.
Earlier, the Chief Ranger of the ministry, Yakubu Sulaiman, solicited for more working equipment and better conditions.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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