The Vice-Chancellor of University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, with staff and students, has planted seedlings of different species of trees at various places on the University’s campus. The activity formed part of a national tree planting exercise.

Dubbed ‘Green Ghana Day’, the exercise is part of aggressive measures to preserve the country’s forest cover and the environment as well as control climate change and its debilitating impact.

The planted species included timber, wawa, mango, rosewood, militia, memosa, royal palm dwarf amongst others.

This year's exercise is on the theme: ‘Green Ghana: Our Forest, Our Health’.

The Green Ghana Project was introduced in 2021 by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Ad­do as part of a na­tional afforestation programme to restore the lost forest cover of the country, and to contribute to the global effort of mitigating climate change.

Prof. Nyarko Boampong speaking to the press

 Speaking to the media after the exercise, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong said UCC had been working closely with the Central Regional branch of the Forestry Commission to observe the Green Ghana Day annually to populate the UCC campus with more plant species.

He urged the citizenry to cultivate the habit of planting trees since humans depended on them for survival.

“It is a good exercise and every Ghanaian should support the government so that we can build the Ghana we want”, he said.

The Vice-Chancellor said the University had introduced students to agriculture programmes where a portion of the University’s land had been given to them to cultivate as part of efforts to imbibe in them the spirit of agriculture.

Accompanied by brass band music, staff and students, along with staff of the Forestry Commission in Central Region, pledged to nurture and monitor the trees planted for proper growth and maturity.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC