The Gombe State Agro-Climatic in Semi-Arid Landscapes – ACReSAL, Gombe State has in collaboration with Unicef and the Gombe State Ministry of Education commemorated the 2023 World Children Day.

Speaking during the 2023 celebration which was organized by the Unicef Office Field, Bauchi in conjunction with the ACReSAL and Gombe State Ministry of Education held at The Evolution Hotel, Gombe with the theme “Every Child Right; Urgent Climate Action,” the Commissioner of Education, Prof. Aishatu Umar Maigari commended Unicef for exerting energy on creating awareness on climate change among children.

In a remark, the Officer-In-Charge of the Unicef Field Office, Bauchi, Mr. Clement Adams said the event was organized to give children the opportunity to celebrate responsibly by engaging them in useful ventures like quiz competitions and tree planting.

In his remarks, the Gombe State ACReSAL Project Coordinator, Amb. Sani Adamu Jauro charged children to work toward creating a better for themselves.

He said the Gombe State ACReSAL Project carried out numerous climate actions including planting 9,761 seedlings covering 31 km of degraded land and part of its sustainable land management and environmental preservation.

Amb. Sani Adamu gave credit to the state governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for his support of the project and for initiating climate change programmes like the 3G which has strengthened community climate resilience.

He assured that ACReSAL would continue to support children, especially through the existing Young Forester Clubs formed by the project to make school-age children agents of climate change and environmental protection.

The highlight of the event was the presentation of prizes to quiz competition winners from 3 schools in the Gombe metropolis with GGC Doma clinching the first position, with GDSS Gombe and GSS Gandu trailing in second and third positions respectively. This was followed by tree planting at Science II, Gombe.