The Rotary Club International on Thursday planted 25 trees in honour of London to Lagos biker, Mr. Kunle Adeyanju.
The trees were planted as done at the Buckswood School on Thursday in Abeokuta.
Speaking during the planting, Rotarian Omotunde Lawson, District Governor of District 9110, said the campaign was to enhance the importance of environmental management among students.
”Planting of trees will improve the effects of global warming. Without nutrients we cannot survive, we just have to green our environment,” she said.
Also speaking, the Imaginative President, Rotary Club of Abeokuta Metropolitan, Babatunde Aremu said the trees will provide oxygen for people just as it protects the environment.
He urged other nongovernmental organizations to embark on projects that would impact human lives just as trees protect and beautify the environment.
“This tree plantation will succeed in Ogun state because we are in collaboration with the ministry of forestry that will supervise all the trees and make sure it serves their purpose.
“Government cannot do it alone; we just have to come together to help out,” Aremu added.
Responding, Adeyanju appreciated the club for honoring him, saying it made him feel loved.
”I have a burning desire to create awareness of Polio disease in Africa. Polio is just like an epidemic in Africa.
”I biked to the remote areas and through harsh terrains to create awareness for the End Polio Now global campaign and has raised funds to address community problems,” he said.
.He thanked them for planting trees in his honor, saying it’s one of the seven areas of focus of the club to protect the environment.
Also speaking, Mr. Olusoji Odusile, deputy Academic Director of BucksWood School Nigeria, said tree planting was a way of minimizing global warming.
”I just want to say that this culture should not stop, if we have trees planted all over, it also beautifies the environment.
“So tree planting should be a continuous exercise and I will advise that everyone should join in this way of afforestation,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that Adeyanju has toured at least 75 countries.
Adeyanju has cycled to and fro Lagos and Ghana.
He has also experienced the rich culture of the Japanese, South Koreans, and Mexicans in Cancun. Qatar, Marrakech, Uganda, Poland, Rome, and Jerusalem among others have been explored by Kunle Adeyanju.
According to him, he is into the adventurous lifestyle simply because it is his passion. His interest in the natural world and the people who lived in it drives him.