The Maigatari Youth Foundation, in Maigatari Local Government Area of Jigawa, has planted 1,750 assorted tree seedlings to combat desert encroachment.
The Secretary-General of the foundation, Mr Abba Sale-Wakili, said this in an interview with Newsmen on Thursday in Dutse.
Sale-Wakili said the seedlings including 150 of economic trees were planted with support of the Gumel Emirate Foundation and a philanthropist, Mr Kabir Yusuf.
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He said the trees had been planted at places of worship, graveyards, schools, strategic and residential areas.
The scribe listed the tree species to include neem, African locust bean, umbrella, guava, bitter lemon, pawpaw, among others.
He urged residents of the area to safeguard the trees and nurture them to maturity.