CHED HOLDS TREE PLANTING EXERCISE

Date: 14th June 2023

The Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) joined this year’s National Green Ghana Project to plant over 200 cocoa and other tree seedlings at Nobi, a community within the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region.

The Executive Director of CHED, Rev. Edwin Afari, led a delegation of Management, Staff and National Service Personnel (NSPs) for the event themed ‘Our Forests, Our Health’.

They were joined by officials from the Forestry Commission, Bunso and Letutu Farmers’ corporative to observe the National Green Ghana Day and the tree planting exercise.

Rev. Afari emphasized that the nationwide tree planting exercise which was launched by the government in 2021 was a call in the right direction to protect the environment. 

He said COCOBOD’s Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme to replace overaged and disease infested farms across the cocoa regions, attests to the organization’s commitment to protecting the country’s vegetative cover and adhering to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.

He added that the planting exercise at the Nobi was a symbolic act to encourage Ghanaians to show commitment and involvement in the Green Ghana initiative.

Addressing the participants prior to the tree planting exercise, the Eastern Regional Manager for the Forestry Service Division, Mr. Amankwa Omane said that the Commission’s mandate is to execute aggressive afforestation, reforestation and protection of the existing forest cover. 

He added that 10 million trees are to be planted nationwide for the 2023 Green Ghana Project and urged the public to protect forest reserves, describing it as a shared responsibility to sustain the environment for posterity.

Other officials who participated in the planting exercise included the Eastern Regional Manager of CHED, Mr. Abdul Majid Mumuni, the Eastern Regional Manager of Seed Production Division, Mr. Kennedy Owusu Nyarko, Chief of Nobi, Nene Tetteh Wayoe, Mr Atsu Saviour and Mr. Twumasi Adutwum from the Forestry Commission.