Axxela Limited, a leading energy solutions provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, has reiterated its commitment to a greener and healthier environment following its partnership with the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency to commemorate the 2021 Lagos State Tree Planting Day.
This year’s theme, ‘Restore and Recover’, a tree planting initiative of LASPARK, was aimed at spreading awareness on the need to restore the environment through tree planting to ensure reduction in greenhouse gases.
The main event took place at the Urban Forest Park, off Lekki-Epe expressway and was held simultaneously in the 57 local governments and local council development authorities of Lagos State.
In a statement, Axxela’s Head of Environment, Health, Safety and Quality, Uche Okpala, said, “We remain resolute in our commitment to promoting and enabling an eco-friendly environment in our operations and supporting our stakeholders in upholding best practices in entrenching these goals.
“To this end, we have committed to support LASPARK’s tree planting drive with an additional 3,000 seedlings, bringing Axxela’s total tree seedlings donated to 14,000, in the quest to achieve its mandate of an extensive environmental restoration in Lagos State.
LASPARK General Manager, Mrs Adetoun Popoola, said, “We are very grateful for the support and partnership of Axxela Limited. The organisation has supported LASPARK for several years and this year has not been an exception.
“Its continued support has enabled us to do more, especially to achieve our mandate at the agency.
“As part of our outreach programmes, we have commenced a mini-botanical garden in one of the schools to be established very soon.
“This is the decade of ecosystem restoration as declared by the United Nations and we are committed to implementing plans that will help us achieve this goal.
“The mini-botanical garden, a project Axxela is also supporting, forms part of that restoration plan as it helps us educate the children about sustainability.
“It also gives them a feel of tending to the environment and helps them to understand the importance of ecosystem restoration, biodiversity and conservation.”
In 2019, Axxela was recognized by LASPARK as the ‘Most Supportive Private Sector Organisation’ for its commitment towards restoring the city’s eco-friendliness through the planting of 50,000 trees annually across targeted locations.
