Lagos British Lions Club, District 404B2 Nigeria recently took its Environmental Awareness Tree Planting project to two Lagos schools – Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Oba Akinjobi Road and Agidingbi Primary School, Agidingbi both in Ikeja.
According to the club’s charter president, Kehinde Odulana, the focus of the project was to raise awareness about climate change and promote environment preservation.
“We are here to create awareness about climate change; and we believe one way of doing that is to inculcate in youngsters the culture of protecting their environment, through tree planting. Altogether, we have planted 16 trees in Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Oba Akinjobi Road and Agidingbi Primary School, Agidingbi both in Ikeja.”
In the near future, she expects the schools to nurture the trees such that they can begin to beautify and benefit the pupils.
Her twin sister, Lion Taiwo Ogunyemi nee Odulana said the trees will provide shed for the pupils in the future while adding that plants generally help to lift people’s spirit when they are down.
Lion Adeola Boluogun, who said he was there to guide and support the new club in his capacity as president of the supervisory club, Ikeja Dynamic Lions Club, cited the natural role of providing oxygen to the environment as another major benefit of the project.
Headmistress of Agidingbi Primary School, Mrs Oseni Fatimo Olasumbo, commended Lagos British Lions Club for the gesture, saying it will inculcate in the children the culture of agriculture.
