Professor Mahmoud Umar Sani, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services), Bayero University Kano; Alhaji Datti Danjuma, Head, Human Resources, Crown Flour Mill; Mr. Bishesh Ranjan Jha, Business Head, Olam Fleet, Crown Flour Mill; Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano; Rauda Musa Umar, Wheat Development Programme Officer, Crown Flour Mill; and Malam Jamil Ahmad Salim, Acting Registrar, Bayero University Kano, at the launch of CFM’s Tree Planting Campaign at BUK on Friday, August 27, 2021
Crown Flour Mill Limited
(CFM), a subsidiary of Olam, an agribusiness conglomerate, has donated 5,000
tree saplings to the Bayero University Kano (BUK). This is part of a tree planting
campaign launch geared towards offsetting carbon emissions and conserving
biodiversity. The tree saplings were donated to the premier university through Olam’s
fleet management team, at an event held on the school campus in Kano recently.
CFM is implementing this
environmental sustainability partnership with some leading universities and their
respective state governments, flagging off the campaign with BUK and the Kano State
government. The tree plantation campaign is seen as an important climate action
that is aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and the net-zero targets on a
larger scale. It would ensure that the fuel emission created by its fleet
operations are to a large extent offset from the ecosystem.
Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas, Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano, launching Crown Flour Mill’s Tree Planting Campaign at the Bayero University Kano, on Friday, August 27, 2021
Governor Umar Ganduje of
Kano State commended the timeliness of the implementation of the CFM tree
plantation campaign. He noted that the effort would bolster the state’s ministry
of Environment’s current drive aimed at curbing industrial waste and
engendering a healthier ecosystem.
“To make our dear state
pollution-free and healthier, the state government decided to shift waste
management in the state from a state-dominated effort to public-private
partnership (PPP) as this strategic route aligns with global best practice,” Governor
Ganduje said.
The Kano State governor
added: “This CFM tree planting programme is timely. No doubt it will strengthen
the ministry’s commitment because of its significance in making our environment
healthier. I therefore thank CFM for initiating this important event which aims
at making our life better and our environment a better place to live.”
Professor Sagir Adamu
Abbas, vice-chancellor of BUK, explained that targeted investment in nature is
key to achieving carbon neutrality. He commended CFM for the tree plantation
campaign, describing it as a bold initiative that would strengthen the
biological richness of the ecosystem and maintain biodiversity.
On the impact of this sustainability
drive, Mr. Ashish Pande, the Managing Director of Crown Flour Mill Limited,
said, “This tree planting campaign is part of our overarching corporate
responsibility and sustainability initiative. This is our small way of
contributing to the important activity of climate action.
Also reiterating the
importance of the sustainability action, Mr. Bishesh Ranjan Jha, the Business
Head of Olam Fleet, said, “We want to increase awareness about the importance
of tree planting. Trees and forests play an essential role in mitigating the
impact of climate change and the more people we can canvass to take action the
faster results we will get.”
Dignitaries who attended
the event included Hon Farouk Lawan Sule Garo, who represented the Kano State
Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje; Professor Abbas and Professor Mahmoud Umar
Sani, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Management Services) of the school. Others were
Malam Jamil Ahmad Salim, Acting Registrar; Professor Ibrahim Baba Yakubu, Dean,
Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Dr. Abdulazeez Raji, Sub-Dean,
Faculty of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Associate Professor Murtala
Badamasi, all of Bayero University Kano.
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