LASPARK PREPARES FOR RAINY SEASON, INTENSIFIES TREE PRUNING STATEWIDE

The Lagos State and Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has intensified pruning of overgrown trees across the length and breadth of the State in preparation for the rainy season.

The General Manager of the Agency, Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola said that the move is important in order to avert windstorm disaster associated with the rainy season, noting that the Agency has so far pruned over 500 trees in different locations across the State.

Adebiyi-Abiola enjoined residents of the State to notify the Agency of any overgrown tree within their communities, noting that some of the trees apart from their tendency to wreak havoc during windstorm are already competing with electric cables and poles.

According to her, “Calling the attention of the Agency to overgrown trees in different parts of the State will help prevent loss of lives and properties. I am therefore seeking your support to report to the Agency any of these trees that can affect not only you but other members of the society”.

“This call has become necessary because it is not possible for the representatives of the Agency to be everywhere at all times to assess urgent issues related to these trees. This is what is required of you as a responsible citizen and this is what I am encouraging you to do” she added.

She, however, advised residents to desist from cutting down trees without permission from the State Government, stressing that the zero-tolerance stance to tree cutting and pruning carried out without clearance from LASPARK still persists.

The General Manager reaffirmed the government’s commitment to enforcing all Environmental and Greening Laws to curb the menace of indiscriminate tree pruning and felling in all the nooks and crannies of the State.