Accra Premier Lions Club to climax centenary anniversary - 29 Countries expected to attend
Accra Premier Lions Club (APLC), a member of Lion Clubs International (LCI), will host 29 countries from West and Central Africa and the Indian Ocean in Accra to climax its centenary anniversary.
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The countries that would be participating in the 36th Congress include Benin, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Liberia, Niger, Cameroun, Angola, Cad, Gabon, Zambia, Mauritania and Mauritius.
The President of the club, Ms Esther Tandoh, said this during a weed clearing and planting of trees exercise in Accra last Saturday.
The initiative
The initiative, which is aimed at encouraging tree planting and ensure more green vegetation in the country, formed part of the activities lined up to commemorate the anniversary.
As part of the exercise, the club cleared weeds and planted species of trees such as acacia, mahogany, millettia and sapida along the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) bypass, Legon.
This brought together members of the club as well as representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Forestry Commission (FC).
Plant more trees
Speaking during the exercise, an official from the FC, Mr Thomas Gyambrah, underscored the need to plant more trees to replace the ones that were cut down, stressing that deforestation threatened and endangered the habitats of wildlife.
“We rely on our forests for providing abundant supplies of clean water. Our forests clean our air and fight climate change therefore, our forests need your help,” he said.
He said the exercise was a good initiative because the trees would grow to beautify the surroundings and also provide shade for pedestrians who use the pathway
Mr Gyambrah called on corporate bodies to help in replacing trees to conserve and protect the vegetation and animals.
Afforestation
For his part, a representative from the EPA, Mr Fiifi Domson, encouraged Ghanaians to frown at the habit of cutting and selling trees without replacing them, adding that“planting more trees ensures continuity of life”.
Accra Premier Lions Club
With a mandate to serve the communities, the APLC is committed to fighting against blindness and engaging in other communal tasks in the area of health, education and the environment.
Currently, it has 15 clubs in the country including Tema, Kumasi, Cape and Ho and has active membership of 391.